Selective production of furfuryl alcohol via gas phase hydrogenation of furfural over Au/Al2O3

Maoshuai Li; Yufen Hao; Fernando Cárdenas-Lizana; Mark A. Keane

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2015.06.007

Selective production of furfuryl alcohol via gas phase hydrogenation of furfural over Au/Al₂O₃

Maoshuai Li, Yufen Hao, Fernando Cárdenas-Lizana, Mark A. Keane^*

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Abstract

Abstract We report exclusive continuous gas phase hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over Au/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> (▵E<inf>a</inf> = 45 kJ mol- 1). Characterisation measurements demonstrate the formation of Auδ - (from XPS analysis) nanoparticles (1-8 nm, mean = 4.3 nm) with H<inf>2</inf> chemisorption capacity of 318 μmol g<inf>Au</inf>- 1 (at 413 K). Chemical kinetic control was established by experimental variation of contact time, catalyst/furfural feed ratio and temperature. At T ≥ 473 K, hydrogenolysis to 2-methylfuran predominated. Selective TOF (298 h- 1 at 433 K) over Au/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> exceeded values reported for benchmark Cu catalysts at higher temperature (453-498 K).

Original language	English
Article number	4356
Pages (from-to)	119-122
Number of pages	4
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	69
Early online date	11 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2015.06.007
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Au/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>
Furfural
Furfuryl alcohol
Gas phase selective hydrogenation

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Catalysis
Process Chemistry and Technology
General Chemistry

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