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

Table 6.

Effect of reaction temperature on furfuryl alcohol conversion and product selectivity of hydrogenolysis over Ru/Al2O3 and Ru/MgO[a]

Catalyst

Reaction temperature

Conv./%

Selectivity/%

THFA

1,2‐PeD

1,5‐PeD

1,4‐PeD

CPO

CPL

Ru/Al2O3

403 K[b]

76

72

17

0.6

0.6

5.6

0.5

423 K

100

13

6.2

0.3

3.9

9.1

41

443 K

100

5.7

2.8

0.1

2.2

16

41

Ru/MgO

403 K[b]

86

86

27

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.0

423 K

58

64

32

0.8

1.4

0.2

0.0

443 K

83

58

38

1.3

2.1

0.6

0.0

463 K

100

51

42

2.9

2.8

0.8

1.1

483 K

100

46

40

3.1

3.4

0.5

6.2

[a] Reaction conditions, unless otherwise stated: furfuryl alcohol (1.0 g), catalyst (0.06 g), water (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 5. Reaction conditions: furfuryl alcohol (0.34 g), catalyst (0.02 g), water (10 cm3), 3.0 MPa H2, 1 h.