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and cheap isopropanol as hydrogen source, γ-valerolac-
tone can be generated in 95% yield. Addition of cata-
lytic amount of mild base, sodium bicarbonate, is im-
portant for achieving good yield.
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the National Basic Re-
search Program of China (973 Program) (No.
2012CB215305), National Natural Science Foundation
of China (Nos. 21325208, 21172209, 21272050), Chi-
nese Academy of Sciences (No. KJCX2-EW-J02),
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universi-
ties (No. WK2060190025), the Program for Changjiang
Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University
of the Ministry of Education of China and the Funda-
mental Research Funds for the Central Universities (wk
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