Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol using easy-to-separate core–shell magnetic zirconium hydroxide. (26th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hou, Pan; Ma, Mingwei; Zhang, Peng; Cao, Jingjie; Liu, Hui; Xu, Xingliang; Yue, Huijuan; Tian, Ge; Feng, Shouhua
• Is Part Of: New journal of chemistry. Volume 45:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 2715
• Page End: 2722
• Publication Date: 2021-01-26
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; Chimie -- Périodiques; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05638c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1144-0546

Abstract

Abstract : A core–shell magnetic catalyst is applied for the hydrogenation of furfural and other carbonyl compounds using isopropanol as H-donor. Abstract : A hollow core–shell magnetic zirconium hydroxide catalyst was synthesized and employed for the catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) ofnumerous biomass-derived platform molecules (furfural and other carbonyl compounds). 93.9% conversion of furfural and 97.3% selectivity of furfuryl alcohol was achieved under mild reaction conditions (160 °C, 4 h, 0.1 g catalyst) with 2-propanol as the H-donor. After 7 times of reaction cycles, the catalyst retained excellent conversion (91.1%) and selectivity (97.8%) and no structural damage was found. Furthermore, a scale-up experiment was carried out, and the results proved that the catalyst has a prospect for industrial applications in the CTH reaction.