Valorization of cigarette butts for synthesis of levulinic acid as top value-added chemicals

Abstract Unprecedented in the literature, levulinic acid (LA), one of the top value-added intermediates of chemical industry, is obtained from cigarette butts as cellulose feedstock by means of a one-pot hydrothermal process carried out at 200 °C for 2 h and catalysed by phosphoric acid. The protoco...

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Main Authors: Amelita G. Laurenza, Onofrio Losito, Michele Casiello, Caterina Fusco, Angelo Nacci, Vincenzo Pantone, Lucia D’Accolti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95361-4