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==Manufacture== In industry, valeric acid is produced by the [[oxo process]] from [[1-butene]] and [[syngas]], forming [[valeraldehyde]], which is [[oxidised]] to the final product.<ref name=Ullmann/> : {{chem2|H2 + CO + CH3CH2CH\dCH2 β CH3CH2CH2CH2CHO β}} valeric acid It can also be produced from biomass-derived sugars via [[levulinic acid]] and this alternative has received considerable attention as a way to produce [[biofuels]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/anie.201000655 |title=Valeric Biofuels: A Platform of Cellulosic Transportation Fuels |year=2010 |last1=Lange |first1=Jean-Paul |last2=Price |first2=Richard |last3=Ayoub |first3=Paul M. |last4=Louis |first4=Jurgen |last5=Petrus |first5=Leo |last6=Clarke |first6=Lionel |last7=Gosselink |first7=Hans |journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition |volume=49 |issue=26 |pages=4479β4483 |pmid=20446282 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1039/C7GC02503C|title=Conversion of levulinic acid and alkyl levulinates into biofuels and high-value chemicals|journal=Green Chemistry|volume=19|issue=23|pages=5527β5547|year=2017|last1=Yan|first1=Long|last2=Yao|first2=Qian|last3=Fu|first3=Yao}}</ref>
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