Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 580-585Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.07.006
Keywords
Platinum; Hydrogenation; Furfural; Ambient conditions; Supported catalysts
Funding
- Royal Society
- EPSRC [EP/M005186/1, EP/G007594/4]
- KW Royal Society
- Hull University
- EPSRC [EP/M005186/2, EP/K014749/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/M005186/2, EP/M005186/1, EP/G007594/4, EP/K014749/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The selective liquid phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Pt nanoparticles supported on SiO2, ZnO, gamma-Al2O3, CeO2 is reported under extremely mild conditions. Ambient hydrogen pressure, and temperatures as low as 50 degrees C are shown sufficient to drive furfural hydrogenation with high conversion and >99% selectivity to furfuryl alcohol. Strong support and solvent dependencies are observed, with methanol and n-butanol proving excellent solvents for promoting high furfuryl alcohol yields over uniformly dispersed 4 nm Pt nanoparticles over MgO, CeO2 and gamma-Al2O3. In contrast, non-polar solvents conferred poor furfural conversion, while ethanol favored acetal by-product formation. Furfural selective hydrogenation can be tuned through controlling the oxide support, reaction solvent and temperature. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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