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

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

doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.07.006

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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	580-585
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume	180
Early online date	15 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.07.006
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

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ambient conditions
furfural
hydrogenation
platinum
supported catalysts

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