Table 2.
Effect of solvent on furfuryl alcohol conversion and product selectivity of hydrogenolysis catalyzed by Ru/C[a]
|
Solvent |
Conv./% |
Selectivity/% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
THFA |
1,2‐PeD |
1,5‐PeD |
1,4‐PeD |
CPO |
CPL |
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|
none[b] |
33 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
CO2 [b,c] |
31 |
6.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
water[b,d] |
98 |
5.6 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
4.6 |
0.8 |
|
2‐PrOH[b,e] |
100 |
55 |
8.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1‐PrOH[f] |
100 |
65 |
12 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
EtOH[g] |
100 |
57 |
12 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
|
MeOH[h] |
100 |
52 |
9.2 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
n‐heptane[i] |
62 |
25 |
3.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
water +CO2 [j] |
99 |
7.6 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
[a] Reaction conditions, unless otherwise stated: furfuryl alcohol (0.34 g), Ru/C (0.02 g), 3.0 MPa H2, 403 K, 1 h. Abbreviations: conv., conversion; THFA, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol; PeD, pentanediol; CPO, cyclopentanone; CPL, cyclopentanol. [b] Data are shown in Table 1. [c] CO2 pressure, 15 MPa. [d] Water volume, 10 cm3. [e] 2‐PrOH volume, 10 cm3. [f] 1‐PrOH volume, 10 cm3. [g] Ethanol volume, 10 cm3. [h] Methanol volume, 10 cm3. [i] n‐Heptane volume, 10 cm3. [j] Water volume, 10 cm3; CO2 pressure, 15 MPa.