Issue 23, 2020

Cascade transformations of (±)-citronellal to menthol over extruded Ru-MCM-41 catalysts in a continuous reactor

Abstract

Cascade transformations of (±)-citronellal in a continuous mode were investigated over a bifunctional shaped ruthenium catalyst bearing metal clusters of the size 7–13 nm. Four types of Ru/H-MCM-41 extrudates (1.5 × 10 mm) containing 30% of Bindzil-50/80 colloidal silica binder were prepared varying in metal location and metal-to-acid ratio, while the concentration of Brønsted and Lewis acid sites and textural properties of the final extrudates were comparable. Catalytic tests were performed in the trickle-bed reactor under 70 °C, 10 bar of H2, and the initial reactant concentration in cyclohexane 0.086 mol L−1 for the liquid residence time of 12.5 min. As a reactant, isopulegol, citronellol or (±)-citronellal was used. Metal location in extrudates has a significant effect on the catalytic activity and selectivity especially in terms of isopulegol isomers which content correlated with the metal-to-acid site ratio. Stereoselectivity to the desired (±)-menthol was 68–70%. The highest amount of the desired menthol, 32% yield, was obtained over extrudates where Ru was deposited on the catalytic support, i.e. with the shortest distance between the acid and metal sites, the lowest Brønsted acidity, the lowest Brønsted–Lewis acid sites ratio, the highest specific surface area and the narrowest range of the Ru particle size distribution.

Graphical abstract: Cascade transformations of (±)-citronellal to menthol over extruded Ru-MCM-41 catalysts in a continuous reactor

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jun 2020
Accepted
19 Oct 2020
First published
20 Oct 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020,10, 8108-8119

Cascade transformations of (±)-citronellal to menthol over extruded Ru-MCM-41 catalysts in a continuous reactor

Z. Vajglová, N. Kumar, M. Peurla, K. Eränen, P. Mäki-Arvela and D. Y. Murzin, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 8108 DOI: 10.1039/D0CY01251C

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