An Investigation of the Effect of the Addition of Tin to 5 %Pd/TiO2 for the Hydrogenation of Furfuryl Alcohol

Gavin M. King; Sarwat Iqbal; Peter J. Miedziak; Gemma L. Brett; Simon A. Kondrat; Benjamin R. Yeo; Xi Liu; Jennifer K. Edwards; David J. Morgan; David K. Knight; Graham J. Hutchings

doi:10.1002/cctc.201500242

An Investigation of the Effect of the Addition of Tin to 5 %Pd/TiO₂ for the Hydrogenation of Furfuryl Alcohol

Gavin M. King, Sarwat Iqbal, Peter J. Miedziak, Gemma L. Brett, Simon A. Kondrat, Benjamin R. Yeo, Xi Liu, Jennifer K. Edwards, David J. Morgan, David K. Knight, Graham J. Hutchings^*

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Abstract

The selective hydrogenation of furfuryl alcohol was investigated at room temperature by using supported palladium catalysts. The catalysts are very selective to the formation of 2-methylfuran. Furthermore, the addition of tin to palladium showed similar catalytic activity, but was more selective to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. Variation of the Sn/Pd ratio has shown a considerable and interesting effect on the selectivity pattern. Addition of a small amount of Sn (1 wt %) shifted the selectivity towards tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and methyltetrahydrofuran, which are ring-saturated molecules. Increasing the tin ratio further decreased the catalytic activity and also showed very poor selectivity to either of these products.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2122-2129
Number of pages	8
Journal	ChemCatChem
Volume	7
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500242
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

2-methylfuran
furfuryl alcohol
green solvents
palladium
ring-opening

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