Selective Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde to Benzyl Alcohol Over Alumina Supported Gold

Yufen Hao; Chiara Pischetola; Fernando Cardenas-Lizana; Mark A. Keane

doi:10.1007/s10562-019-02944-y

Selective Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde to Benzyl Alcohol Over Alumina Supported Gold

Yufen Hao
, Chiara Pischetola
, Fernando Cardenas-Lizana
, Mark A. Keane

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Abstract

We report for the first time 100% benzyl alcohol yield from the liquid phase (T = 353 K, P = 9 bar) hydrogenation of benzaldehyde over Au/Al₂O₃. Under the same reaction conditions, a benchmark Pt/Al₂O₃ catalyst promoted the formation of toluene and benzene as hydrogenolysis by-products. Reaction kinetics was subjected to a Hammett treatment and the reaction constant (ρ = 0.9) was found to be consistent with a nucleophilic mechanism. A solvent (alcohol, water and alcohol + water) effect is demonstrated and ascribed to competitive adsorption where solvation by polar (water) facilitates benzaldehyde activation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	881–887
Number of pages	7
Journal	Catalysis Letters
Volume	150
Early online date	30 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02944-y
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020

Keywords

Au/Al O
Benzaldehyde
Benzyl alcohol
Pt/Al O
Selective hydrogenation
Water as solvent

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