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. 2016 Jul 5;6:28898. doi: 10.1038/srep28898

Table 3. Products distribution in the ethyl levulinate hydrogenation effluents on Cu/SiO2 catalyst under different temperatures.

T (°C) Conversion (%) 2-MTHF (%) 2-pentanol (%) 1-pentanol (%) GVL (%) PND (%)& EV (%)* UI (%)#
151 83.67 0 0 0 97.21 0 0 2.79
160 88.43 0.17 0 0 96.59 0.15 0 3.09
172 95.02 1.68 0.35 0.14 93.81 1.30 0.05 2.67
200 98.76 3.05 2.05 0.89 90.23 1.67 0.08 2.03
230 98.95 7.18 2.95 1.24 85.06 2.04 0.10 1.43

&1,4-Pentanediol.

*Ethyl Valerate.

#Unidentified.