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. 2021 Jun 10;10(8):731–736. doi: 10.1002/open.202100058

Table 1.

Screening of carbon‐supported metal catalysts and solvents for hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol.[a]

Catalyst

Solvent

Conv./%

Selectivity/%

THFA

1,2‐PeD

1,5‐PeD

1,4‐PeD

CPO

CPL

Pd/C

none

46

73

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

CO2 [b]

64

85

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

water[c]

84

77

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

2‐PrOH[d]

98

90

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Rh/C

none

69

2.9

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

CO2 [b]

33

5.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

water[c]

94

2.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

11

0.0

2‐PrOH[d]

100

41

1.7

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

Pt/C

none

12

21

1.9

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

CO2 [b]

4.5

23

1.9

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

water[c]

5.7

48

9.0

3.6

0.0

9.9

0.6

2‐PrOH[d]

19

15

2.0

1.4

0.0

0.0

0.3

Ru/C

none

33

2.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

CO2 [b]

31

6.7

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

water[c]

98

5.6

2.0

0.3

0.7

4.6

0.8

2‐PrOH[d]

100

55

8.6

0.6

0.7

0.0

0.0

[a] Reaction conditions, unless otherwise stated: furfuryl alcohol (0.34 g), catalyst (0.02 g), 3.0 MPa H2, 403 K, 1 h. Abbreviations: conv., conversion; THFA, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol; PeD, pentanediol; CPO, cyclopentanone; CPL, cyclopentanol. [b] CO2 pressure, 15 MPa. [c] Water volume, 10 cm3. [d] 2‐PrOH volume, 10 cm3.