A document co-authored by Mike and Jean Steffenson Chair and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering Dr. Brent Shanks of Iowa State University’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has been selected by peers as one of the most significant to be published in the prominent scientific journal ACS Catalysis.
In the June 2016 issue of that publication, Editor-in-Chief Christopher W. Jones asked the scientific community to consider a few questions about papers that appeared in the journal. He asked, “Which original research papers published in ACS Catalysis in 2012 or 2013 have affected your thinking about catalysis in a significant way? What papers from this period in the journal will authors still be reading and citing in 2022, that is, 10 years later?”
A paper written by Shanks, James A. Dumesic and others, entitled “Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Glucose Using a Combination of Lewis and Brønsted Acid Catalysts in Water in a Biphasic Reactor with an Alkylphenol Solvent” (ACS Catal., 2012, 2 (6), pp 930−934) was nominated and was highlighted in a November 2016 ACS Catalysis editorial.
Read the editorial to see more of the community’s comments on the most important papers published in the journal in 2012-2013.