Effect of Re content and support in the liquid phase conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methyl furan over ReOx catalysts

Bimetallic Ni‐Re catalysts for the efficient hydrodeoxygenation of biomass‐derived phenols

“…For Re/SiO 2 , two diffraction peaks are observed at 2θ = 25.8 and 38.0 , which can be assigned to either undecomposed NH 4 ReO 4 crystallites (PDF #850347) or ReO 3 (PDF #401155) species. 25 Our previous studies on Re/SiO 2 also indicated that the Re precursor, NH 4 ReO 4 , easily grew into large crystallites. 26 For Ni/SiO 2 , the peaks related to nickel oxide (JCPDS No.…”

Understanding the geometric and electronic factors of PtNi bimetallic surfaces for efficient and selective catalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived oxygenates

“…Furfural (FAL) is a crucial versatile intermediate to manufacture biofuels and high value products, which was directly obtained from enormous potential supply of lignocellulose [9][10][11][12][13]. Especially, the selective hydrogenation of FAL into furfuryl alcohol (FOL) is of great significant value in the biorefinery application because FOL is an important industrial chemical, which was widely employed in the production of crown ethers, artificial fibers, biofuels, and fuel additive [14][15][16]. It is estimated that 65% of the FAL produced globally each year was converted into FOL for direct transformation into valuable chemicals, such as tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) (Scheme 1) [17,18].…”

Effect of Ni Metal Content on Emulsifying Properties of Ni/CNTox Catalysts for Catalytic Conversion of Furfural in Pickering Emulsions

“…[21,22] The relevance of FAL catalytic conversion comes from the large number of chemicals and biofuels that can be obtained from its transformation. [23][24][25][26][27] FAL can be converted to long-chain products by CÀ C coupling condensation reaction, [28,29] valuable fuel additives such as 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) [30] and furfuryl ether (FFE), [31,32] and to value-added compounds such as furan by decarbonylation, [33] furfuryl alcohol by hydrogenation [34,35] and by hydrogenation/ ring rearrangement to cyclopentanone (CPO). [36][37][38][39][40] Particular focus has been put on the transformation of furfural to aliphatic cyclic molecules such as cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol because they are important intermediate in fine chemical industry with a broad range of application in the perfume, medicine, and agriculture field.…”

“…[36][37][38][39][40] Particular focus has been put on the transformation of furfural to aliphatic cyclic molecules such as cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol because they are important intermediate in fine chemical industry with a broad range of application in the perfume, medicine, and agriculture field. [40,41] Several catalytic studies (Table S1, supplementary material) have been focusing on the effect of the active phase, [42][43][44] metal content, [34] nature of the catalytic support [34,[45][46][47] and the reaction media, [48] among others. In this regard, Jia et al [49] studied the aqueous phase hydrogenation of furfural to cyclopentanone over NiFe-supported catalysts.…”

“…The relevance of FAL catalytic conversion comes from the large number of chemicals and biofuels that can be obtained from its transformation [23–27] . FAL can be converted to long‐chain products by C−C coupling condensation reaction, [28,29] valuable fuel additives such as 2‐methyltetrahydrofuran (2‐MTHF) [30] and furfuryl ether (FFE), [31,32] and to value‐added compounds such as furan by decarbonylation, [33] furfuryl alcohol by hydrogenation [34,35] and by hydrogenation/ring rearrangement to cyclopentanone (CPO) [36–40] …”