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László T. Mika
Researcher at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Publications - 60
Citations - 3579
László T. Mika is an academic researcher from Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Levulinic acid. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 54 publications receiving 2918 citations. Previous affiliations of László T. Mika include City University of Hong Kong & Eötvös Loránd University.
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γ-Valerolactone—a sustainable liquid for energy and carbon-based chemicals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that γ-valerolactone (GVL) exhibits the most important characteristics of an ideal sustainable liquid, which could be used for the production of both energy and carbon-based consumer products.
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Catalytic Conversion of Carbohydrates to Initial Platform Chemicals: Chemistry and Sustainability
TL;DR: Recent advances and developments in catalytic transformations of the carbohydrate content of lignocellulosic biomass to IPCs (i.e., ethanol, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, isoprene, succinic and levulinic acids, furfural, and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural) are overviewed.
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Integration of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes for a Multi-step Conversion of Biomass: From Sucrose to Levulinic Acid, γ-Valerolactone, 1,4-Pentanediol, 2-Methyl-tetrahydrofuran, and Alkanes
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that in the presence of a P(m-C6H4SO3Na)3 modified ruthenium catalyst in water or Ru(acac)3/PBu3/NH4PF6 catalyst in neat levulinic acid can be used for the transfer hydrogenation of Levulinic acids to GVL in water, resulting in GVL and 1,4-pentanediol.
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Microwave-assisted conversion of carbohydrates to levulinic acid: an essential step in biomass conversion
TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of non-edible carbohydrates to levulinic acid (4-oxopentanoic acid) was studied by using dielectric heating with microwave energy.
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Efficient catalytic hydrogenation of levulinic acid: a key step in biomass conversion
József M. Tukacs,Dávid Király,Andrea Strádi,Gyula Novodarszki,Zsuzsanna Eke,Gábor Dibó,Tamás Kégl,László T. Mika +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed investigation of the conversion of levulinic acid (LA) to GVL using molecular hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in situ generated from Ru(acac)3, and electronically and sterically characterized alkyl-bis(m-sulfonated-phenyl)- and dialkyl-(m sulfonated)-phosphine (RnP(C6H4-m-SO3Na)3−n (n = 1 or 2; R = Me, Pr, iPr, Bu, Cp) lig