Table 1.
Screening of carbon‐supported metal catalysts and solvents for hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol.[a]
|
Catalyst |
Solvent |
Conv./% |
Selectivity/% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
THFA |
1,2‐PeD |
1,5‐PeD |
1,4‐PeD |
CPO |
CPL |
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|
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.