Ruthenium on Carbonaceous Materials for the Selective Hydrogenation of HMF
Stefano Cattaneo,
Hadi Naslhajian,
Ferenc Somodi,
Claudio Evangelisti,
Alberto Villa,
Laura Prati
Affiliations
Stefano Cattaneo
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi, di Milano, via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Hadi Naslhajian
School of Chemistry, Collage of Science, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6619, 1417466191 Tehran, Iran
Ferenc Somodi
Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Science, Department of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Konkoly-Thege M. street 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
Claudio Evangelisti
National Council of the Research, CNR-ISTM, Via G. Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milan, Italy
Alberto Villa
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi, di Milano, via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Laura Prati
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi, di Milano, via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
We report the use of Ru catalysts supported in the activated carbon (AC) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) for the selective production of liquid fuel dimethylfuran (DMF) and fuel additives alkoxymethyl furfurals (AMF). Parameters such as the reaction temperature and hydrogen pressure were firstly investigated in order to optimise the synthesis of the desired products. Simply by using a different support, the selectivity of the reaction drastically changed. DMF was produced with AC as support, while a high amount of AMF was produced when CNFs were employed. Moreover, the reusability of the catalysts was tested and deactivation phenomena were identified and properly addressed. Further studies need to be performed in order to optimise the stability of the catalysts.
