Recognizing soft templates as stimulators in multivariate modulation of tin phosphate and its application in catalysis for alkyl levulinate synthesis

Soft template tunes and controls explicitly both morphology and nature of active sites during the synthesis of tin phosphate catalyst. This synthesis strategy helped in producing alkyl levulinate in high yields from one-pot alcoholysis of furfuryl alcohol.

Efficient one-pot synthesis of alkyl levulinate from xylose with an integrated dehydration/transfer-hydrogenation/alcoholysis process

Integrated catalytic dehydration/transfer-hydrogenation/alcoholysis in a one-pot cascade model to realize efficient conversion of xylose into alkyl levulinate is creditable in terms of sustainability and process economics.

Topotactic transformation of homogeneous phosphotungastomolybdic acid materials to heterogeneous solid acid catalyst for carbohydrate conversion to alkyl methylfurfural and alkyl levulinate

The strong interaction of higher transition metal oxides with inorganic non-metals can be promising for generating highly acidic three-dimensional materials by design.

Fast and efficient upgrading of levulinic acid into long-chain alkyl levulinate fuel additives with a tungsten salt catalyst at low temperature

Levulinic acid (LA) is a promising biobased platform compound. Long-chain levulinate esters are a class of valuable fuel additives. Tungsten chloride catalyst can fast and efficiently convert LA into long-chain levulinate esters at low temperature.