Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 258, Issue -, Pages 262-269Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2015.01.015
Keywords
Metal nanoparticles; Mesoporous silica; Hydrogenation; Biomass conversion; Lewlinic acid; gamma-Valerolactone
Funding
- Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Osaka University
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [26220911]
- MEXT
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26220911] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Hydrogenation of levulinic acid and its esters to produce gamma-valerolactone (GVL) was demonstrated over ruthenium nanoparticle (NP) catalyst supported on Zr-containing spherical mesoporous silicas as a bifunctional catalyst. The Ru NPs were found to be uniformly dispersed within the periodically ordered short mesopore channels with an average size of less than 1.5 nm without any agglomeration. They exhibited superior activity for the hydrogenation of both levulinic acid and its esters under mild reaction conditions (70 degrees C, 0.5 MPa H-2) compared to those supported on the conventional silica owing to their ultrasmall particle size and the acidity of Zr sites. In the hydrogenation of levulinate ester, addition of heterogeneous acids could afford a faster reaction rate in GVL production by accelerating the following intramolecular dealcoholation step. The catalyst was reusable over repeated catalytic cycles without a significant loss of catalytic performance, demonstrating its potential as a heterogeneous catalyst for GVL production under ambient reaction conditions. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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