Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions

Taylor, Martin J.; Durndell, Lee J.; Isaacs, Mark A.; Parlett, Christopher M.A.; Wilson, Karen; Lee, Adam F.; Kyriakou, Georgios

Abstract

The selective liquid phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Pt nanoparticles supported on SiO₂, ZnO, γ-Al2O₃, CeO₂ is reported under extremely mild conditions. Ambient hydrogen pressure, and temperatures as low as 50 °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 γ-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.

Citation

Taylor, M. J., Durndell, L. J., Isaacs, M. A., Parlett, C. M., Wilson, K., Lee, A. F., & Kyriakou, G. (2016). Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural over supported Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 180, 580-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.07.006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 7, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jul 15, 2015
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Deposit Date: Aug 5, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Applied catalysis B : environmental
• Print ISSN: 0926-3373
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 180
• Pages: 580-585
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.07.006
• Keywords: Platinum; Hydrogenation; Furfural; Ambient conditions; Supported catalysts
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• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337315300266
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• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017