Chemistry 2 (2016 9) 230-242 ~ ~ ~ УДК 661.728 Investigation of the Process of Microcrystalline Cellulose Hydrogenation in the Water Medium in the Presence of Catalysts NiCu / SiO2 and NiCuMo / SiO2 Victor I. Sharypova Natalia G. Beregovtsovaa a Boris N. Kuznetsov*a,b , Sergei V. Baryshnikova and Vadim A. <...> Yakovlevc , , Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS FRC “Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS” 50/24 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia b Siberian Federal University Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS 5 Lavrentieva, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia c Received 17.01.2016, received in revised form 24.03.2016, accepted 17.05.2016 The regularities of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) hydrogenation in a water medium at 185 ° C in the presence of NiCu / SiO2 and NiCuMo / SiO2 catalysts were studied. <...> It has been found that the preliminary mechanochemical treatment in the planetary mill AGO-2 reduces the degree of MCC crystallinity from 75 to 30 % and increases by 2 times the MCC conversion and the yield of soluble oligosaccharides in the process of catalytic hydrogenation. <...> For all studied catalysts the increase of hydrogenation process duration from 1 to 5 hours rises the yield of sorbitol and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and reduces the yield of glucose. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: inm@icct.ru # 230 # Boris N. Kuznetsov, Victor I. Sharypov… <...> Исследование процесса гидрирования микрокристаллической целлюлозы в среде воды в присутствии катализаторов NiCu/SiO2 и NiCuМо /SiO2 Б.Н. Кузнецова,б С.В. Барышникова а , Н.Г. Береговцоваа , В.И. Шарыпова , В.А. Яковлевв , Институт химии и химической технологии СО РАН ФИЦ «Красноярский научный центр СО РАН <...>