Role of Tio2 Pillared Bentonit and Catalyst Nickel for Hydrogenation Glucose to Generate Sorbitol

Abstract

Glucose hydrogenation using water at solvent was happened trough two step. First, water was reduced to hydrogen and oxygen gases by TiO2 pillared bentonite. Second, hydrogen that produced was used to reduce glucose into sorbitol. The reaction was prepared in transpaharan medium for 30 days along under UV from sunlight. The product of reaction was characterized using SEM, XRD, FTIR and DSC.