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

Table 3.

Effect of reaction temperature on furfuryl alcohol conversion and product selectivity for hydrogenolysis reactions over Ru/C[a]

Reaction temperature

Conv./%

Selectivity/%

THFA

1,2‐PeD

1,5‐PeD

1,4‐PeD

CPO

CPL

403 [b]

100

65

12

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.0

423 K

100

59

19

1.7

2.1

0.6

0.0

443 K

100

72

18

1.6

1.1

0.8

0.0

463 K

100

65

17

1.3

1.1

0.8

0.0

[a] Reaction conditions, unless otherwise stated: furfuryl alcohol (1.0 g), Ru/C (0.06 g), 1‐PrOH (30 cm3), 3.0 MPa H2, 1 h. Abbreviations: conv., conversion; THFA, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol; PeD, pentanediol; CPO, cyclopentanone; CPL, cyclopentanol. [b] Data are shown in Table 2. Reaction conditions: furfuryl alcohol (0.34 g), Ru/C (0.02 g), 1‐PrOH (10 cm3), 3.0 MPa H2, 1 h.