Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts
Abstract
The conversion of biomass derived furfural to 2-pentanol, a useful organic solvent and precursor for various types of fuels, was demonstrated in this work with ~71.1% yield in a single step over a Co–Cu/Al2O3 catalyst at 240 °C and 45 bar H2 pressure. The catalyst shown here sustained activity and selectivity for four subsequent recycles without regeneration. Co was proposed as the primary active site that enabled hydrodeoxygenation of furfural to produce methyl furan followed by ring opening, while Cu mitigated product degradation that occurred on pure Cu catalysts.
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- Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1581906
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1477892
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007006
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-9883
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS
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Seemala, Bhogeswararao, Kumar, Rajeev, Cai, Charles M., Wyman, Charles E., and Christopher, Phillip. Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1039/C8RE00195B.
Seemala, Bhogeswararao, Kumar, Rajeev, Cai, Charles M., Wyman, Charles E., & Christopher, Phillip. Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00195B
Seemala, Bhogeswararao, Kumar, Rajeev, Cai, Charles M., Wyman, Charles E., and Christopher, Phillip. Wed .
"Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00195B. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581906.
@article{osti_1581906,
title = {Single-step catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-pentanol over bimetallic Co–Cu catalysts},
author = {Seemala, Bhogeswararao and Kumar, Rajeev and Cai, Charles M. and Wyman, Charles E. and Christopher, Phillip},
abstractNote = {The conversion of biomass derived furfural to 2-pentanol, a useful organic solvent and precursor for various types of fuels, was demonstrated in this work with ~71.1% yield in a single step over a Co–Cu/Al2O3 catalyst at 240 °C and 45 bar H2 pressure. The catalyst shown here sustained activity and selectivity for four subsequent recycles without regeneration. Co was proposed as the primary active site that enabled hydrodeoxygenation of furfural to produce methyl furan followed by ring opening, while Cu mitigated product degradation that occurred on pure Cu catalysts.},
doi = {10.1039/C8RE00195B},
journal = {Reaction Chemistry & Engineering},
number = 2,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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