Aqueous phase hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over Pd/UiO-66

Chunhua Wang; Anjie Wang; Zhiquan Yu; Yao Wang; Zhichao Sun; Victor M. Kogan; Ying-Ya Liu

Catalysis Communications (Jan 2021)

Aqueous phase hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over Pd/UiO-66

Chunhua Wang,
Anjie Wang,
Zhiquan Yu,
Yao Wang,
Zhichao Sun,
Victor M. Kogan,
Ying-Ya Liu

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Chunhua Wang: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China
Anjie Wang: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China
Zhiquan Yu: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China
Yao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China
Zhichao Sun: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China
Victor M. Kogan: N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
Ying-Ya Liu: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China; Liaoning Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Technology and Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, PR China; Corresponding author at: School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, West Campus B225, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, PR China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 148
p. 106178

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A Pd/UiO-66 catalyst was synthesized with well-dispersed Pd nanoparticles. The obtained catalyst was tested in the hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol in various solvents, Water was found to be the most suitable solvent. Pd/UiO-66 exhibited much higher activity than Pd/SiO2 and Pd/γ-Al2O3, completely converting furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with 100% selectivity under mild conditions. The hydrogenation of CO moiety in tetrahydrofurfural was rate-determining step. Static adsorption measurement indicated that the adsorption of furfural on UiO-66 was significantly stronger than that on SiO2 or γ-Al2O3, suggesting that the adsorption play an important role in the gas-liquid-solid furfural hydrogenation reaction.

Published in Catalysis Communications

ISSN: 1566-7367 (Print); 1873-3905 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/catalysis-communications

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