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. 2005 Nov 10;438(7065):178.
doi: 10.1038/438178a.

Green chemistry: biodiesel made with sugar catalyst

Masakazu Toda  1 , Atsushi Takagaki, Mai Okamura, Junko N Kondo, Shigenobu Hayashi, Kazunari Domen, Michikazu Hara
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Green chemistry: biodiesel made with sugar catalyst

Masakazu Toda et al. Nature. .

Abstract

The production of diesel from vegetable oil calls for an efficient solid catalyst to make the process fully ecologically friendly. Here we describe the preparation of such a catalyst from common, inexpensive sugars. This high-performance catalyst, which consists of stable sulphonated amorphous carbon, is recyclable and its activity markedly exceeds that of other solid acid catalysts tested for 'biodiesel' production.

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