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. 2019 Jun 17;9(33):18941–18948. doi: 10.1039/c9ra02568e

Results of ethanol conversion into alcohols over different catalysts at 275 °C for 8 h.

Entry Catalysta Ethanol conv. (%) 1-Butanol yield (%) Other alcohols yield (%) Yield of main by-product (%)
1 None 6.4 NDb ND ND
2 CaC2 50.1 19.0 24.1 1.0 (2-butenol)
3 HAP 28.4 11.8 6.2 2.0 (2-butenal)
4 Mg–Al oxide (Mg/Al = 3) 24.4 10.4 2.1 1.2 (2-butenal)
5 MgO 32.9 9.9 3.6 1.4 (2-butenol)
a

The amounts of all the catalysts are 23 mmol.

b

Not detected.