| abstract |
A process for preparing ethylene glycol with the use of cellulose is described, which comprises the catalytic conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol with the use of a multi-metal catalyst at 120-300 ° C and 1-12 MPa of H2 under hydrothermal condition, wherein the Multiple metal catalyst uses one or more transition metals from groups 8, 9 and 10 selected from iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium and platinum and one or more components selected from carbide, nitride or molybdenum phosphide and / or tungsten in the metallic state as the active components. |