Junya Ohyama, Akihiko Esaki, Yuta Yamamoto
2013
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RSC Advances
Abstract
We report a gold sub-nano cluster supported on Al2O3 catalyzed hydrogenation of 2-hydroxymethyl-5-furfural without furan ring hydrogenation and its opening reaction, which resulted in excellent conversion to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (>96% yield), Fig. 1(a).