Table 1.

Representative work on the preparation of saccharides and sugar alcohols.

Entry 1	Substrate	Solvent	Catalyst	Temperature (°C)	Time	Yield (%)	References
1	Cellulose	H2O	AC-Air	180	20 min	Cello-oligosaccharides:54	Chen et al., 2019
2	Cellulose	H2O	AC-SO3H	150	24 h	Glucose:40.5	Onda et al., 2008
3	Cellulose	H2O	Amberlyst-15	150	24 h	Glucose:26.7	Onda et al., 2008
4	Cellulose	H2O	Pt/γ-Al2O3	190	24 h	Sorbitol:25 Mannitol:6	Fukuoka and Dhepe, 2006
5	Cellulose	H2O	SiO2-SO3H	150	10 h	Glucose:56.6	Zhu et al., 2014
6	Cellulose	H2O	Ru/SiO2+SiO2-SO3H	150	10 h	Sorbitol:43.3 Mannitol:14.7	Zhu et al., 2014
7	Cellulose	H2O	Ru/SiO2+SO3H	150	10 h	Sorbitol:61.2 Mannitol:6.9	Zhu et al., 2014
8	Glucose	H2O	Ru/SiO2+SO3H	150	30 min	Sorbitol:97.5	Zhu et al., 2014
9	Glucose	H2O	Ru:Ni/MCM-48	120	90 min	Sorbitol:31	Romero et al., 2017
10	Glucose	H2O	MgO/NbP-500	120	30 min	Fructose:24.6	Gao D. et al., 2019
11	Glucose	H2O	MgO/ Al2O3	120	30 min	Fructose:27.1	Gao D. et al., 2019