A combination of heteropolyacids and Ru on carbon catalyzes the conversion of concentrated cellulose feeds into hexitols under H-2 pressure. Quantitative conversion of ball-milled cellulose was observed with remarkable hexitol volume productivity.
Geboers, J., Van de Vyver, S., Carpentier, K., de Blochouse, K., Jacobs, P., & Sels, B. (2010). Efficient catalytic conversion of concentrated cellulose feeds to hexitols with heteropoly acids and Ru on carbon. Chemical Communications, 46(20), 3577-3579. https://doi.org/10.1039/c001096k (Original work published 2010)