TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogenation of Furfural with a Pt-Sn Catalyst
T2 - The Suitability to Sustainable Industrial Application
AU - O'Driscoll, Áine
AU - Curtin, Teresa
AU - Hernández, Willington Y.
AU - Van Der Voort, Pascal
AU - Leahy, James J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2016/11/18
Y1 - 2016/11/18
N2 - The liquid-phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol was carried out using a Pt-Sn/SiO2 catalyst synthesized by coimpregnation to investigate the impact of synthesis and reaction conditions. The results showed that calcination of the catalyst at 450 °C gave the highest furfural conversion. An investigation on the reaction conditions found that furfural conversion increased with temperature and hydrogen pressure. Reuse of the catalyst was shown to be as effective as catalyst regeneration with a 3% loss in furfural conversion observed with each repeated use. The use of protic and aprotic solvents showed that furfural conversion was lower using an aprotic solvent such as toluene or propanone, but selectivity to furfuryl alcohol remained close to 100%. The two protic solvents, 1-propanol and 2-propanol, formed several additional products including 2-methyl furan, 2-propoxy methyl furan, 2-furaldehyde dipropyl acetal, difurfuryl ether, and 2-furaldehyde diethyl acetal.
AB - The liquid-phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol was carried out using a Pt-Sn/SiO2 catalyst synthesized by coimpregnation to investigate the impact of synthesis and reaction conditions. The results showed that calcination of the catalyst at 450 °C gave the highest furfural conversion. An investigation on the reaction conditions found that furfural conversion increased with temperature and hydrogen pressure. Reuse of the catalyst was shown to be as effective as catalyst regeneration with a 3% loss in furfural conversion observed with each repeated use. The use of protic and aprotic solvents showed that furfural conversion was lower using an aprotic solvent such as toluene or propanone, but selectivity to furfuryl alcohol remained close to 100%. The two protic solvents, 1-propanol and 2-propanol, formed several additional products including 2-methyl furan, 2-propoxy methyl furan, 2-furaldehyde dipropyl acetal, difurfuryl ether, and 2-furaldehyde diethyl acetal.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00228
DO - 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00228
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011269327
SN - 1083-6160
VL - 20
SP - 1917
EP - 1929
JO - Organic Process Research and Development
JF - Organic Process Research and Development
IS - 11
ER -
