Question

how can prepare glucose from cellulose

Answer 1

There are a number of efficient methods available for biomass conversion into chemicals and fuels. One such method is catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose using solid acid catalysts. This article discusses the testing of the catalytic activity of a novel silica catalyst synthesized by an evaporation-induced self-assembly method (EISA) for cellulose conversion to glucose by catalytic selective hydrolysis.

The silica catalyst showed superior catalytic activity to other oxides, including Al2O3, TiO2, and ZrO2, which are produced using the same method. Under hydrothermal conditions, it converted 73.3% cellulose and yielded 50.1% glucose without using hydrogen gas