Pd modified Au on carbon as an effective and durable catalyst for the direct oxidation of HMF to FDCA

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

OSTI ID:1074426

Villa, Alberto ^[1]; Schiavoni, Marco ^[2]; Campisi, Sebastiano ^[2]; Veith, Gabriel M ^[3]; Prati, Laura ^[1]

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1. Universita di Milano, Italy
2. University of Milan and INFN, Milano, Italy
3. ORNL

We show that the modification of a gold/carbon catalyst with Pt or Pd produces stable and recyclable catalysts for the selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). This finding is a significant advance over current conversion technology because of the technological importance of FDCA. Indeed, FDCA has been identified as one of twelve potential building blocks for the production of value added chemicals derived from biosources.1 FDCA is a potential replacement source of terephthalic acid, the monomer presently used for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and derived from hydrocarbon sources.2

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1074426
• Journal Information: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Vol. 6, Issue 4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English