MgÀCu-loaded b-zeolite was prepared as an acidÀbase bifunctional catalyst for the conversion of furfural to monoaromatic compounds. It is found that this catalyst exhibited high selectivity towards benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTXs) production with anti-polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon formation as well as anti-coking ability when compared with Culoaded b-zeolite and the parent b-zeolite. The product distribution indicated that addition of Cu species significantly promoted the deoxygenation and aromatization of an intermediate product of furan while Mg apparently suppressed the polyaromatization. Especially, an optimum loading amount of 0.5 wt%Mg-1 wt%Cu on b-zeolite was obtained, which showed lower catalytic deoxygenation temperature and interestingly, only benzene was detected in the liquid product at a reaction temperature over 700 8C. Also, 0.5 wt%Mg-1 wt%Cu/b-zeolite exhibited long-term stability for 10 cycles with 100 % of furfural conversion to monoaromatic compounds. The physicochemical properties of b-zeolite after Cu and Mg loadings were characterized using N 2 sorption, XRD, SEM-EDX, TEM, H 2 -TPR, UV-Vis, XPS, NH 3 -TPD and CO 2 -TPD techniques. The significant changing of acidity and basicity of b-zeolite were found after Cu and Mg loadings, which should be the main factors for the improvement of activity, selectivity and stability of the developed catalyst.[a] Dr. and 750 8C, respectively. This indicates that 1 wt%Cu/ b-zeolite and 0.5 wt%Mg-1wt%Cu/b-zeolite had high selectivity for the benzene production from furfural conversion at a reaction temperature over 700 8C. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the tuning of acid and basic sites of b-zeolite and the interaction of metal species on b-zeolite by co-doping of Mg with Cu, the changing of reaction temperature as well as WHSV can effectively control the product distribution from the furfural conversion.According to the presented results, the possible mechanism for the catalytic conversion of furfural over MgÀCu-doped bzeolite can be proposed following based on previous liter-Figure 4. Effect of WHSV on product yields and aromatic distributions in liquid products obtained from the catalytic deoxygenation of furfural at a reaction temperature of 600 8C and a TOS of 1 h using (A,B) b-zeolite, (C,D) 1wt%Cu/b-zeolite and (E,F) 0.5 wt%Mg-1 wt%Cu/b-zeolite.