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Heterogeneous zirconia-supported ruthenium catalyst for highly selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furans in various n-alcohol solvents†

Jusung Han, ORCID logo ‡a   Yo-Han Kim,‡a   Hyung-Seok Jang,a   Sung-Yeon Hwang,b   Jonggeon Jegal,b   Jung Won Kim*c  and  Yoon-Sik Lee*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Ro, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
E-mail: yslee@snu.ac.kr

b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Ulsan 681-802, Republic of Korea

c Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University at Samcheok, Joonang-Ro, Samcheok, Kangwon 245-711, Republic of Korea
E-mail: jwemye@kangwon.ac.kr

Abstract

5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (HMF) was hydrogenated to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) (>99% yield) in various n-alcohol solvents using a Ru(OH)x/ZrO2 catalyst. The TON and TOF for the hydrogenation were calculated to be 912 and 304 h−1, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Heterogeneous zirconia-supported ruthenium catalyst for highly selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furans in various n-alcohol solvents

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA18016G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jul 2016
Accepted
19 Sep 2016
First published
21 Sep 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 93394-93397

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Heterogeneous zirconia-supported ruthenium catalyst for highly selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furans in various n-alcohol solvents

J. Han, Y. Kim, H. Jang, S. Hwang, J. Jegal, J. W. Kim and Y. Lee, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 93394 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA18016G

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