Supported nickel–rhenium catalysts for selective hydrogenation of methyl esters to alcohols

Kaituo Liu; James Pritchard; Li Lu; Robbert van Putten; M. W. G. M. (Tiny) Verhoeven; Mike Schmitkamp; Xiaoming Huang; Laurent Lefort; Christopher J. Kiely; Emiel J. M. Hensen; Evgeny A. Pidko

doi:10.1039/C7CC04759B

Supported nickel–rhenium catalysts for selective hydrogenation of methyl esters to alcohols†

Kaituo Liu,‡^a James Pritchard,‡^a Li Lu,

^b Robbert van Putten,^a M. W. G. M. (Tiny) Verhoeven,^a Mike Schmitkamp,^c Xiaoming Huang,^a Laurent Lefort,

^c Christopher J. Kiely,^b Emiel J. M. Hensen

*^a and Evgeny A. Pidko

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^a Inorganic Materials Chemistry Group, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: e.a.pidko@tue.nl, e.j.m.hensen@tue.nl

^b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA

^c DSM Innovative Sciences, Synthesis BV, P. O. Box 18, 6160 MD Geleen, The Netherlands

^d ITMO University, Lomonosova str. 9, St. Petersburg 191002, Russia

Abstract

The addition of Re to Ni on TiO₂ yields efficient catalysts for the hydrogenation of acids and esters to alcohols under mild conditions. Rhenium promotes the formation of atomically dispersed and sub-nanometre-sized bimetallic species interacting strongly with the oxide support.

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Supported nickel–rhenium catalysts for selective hydrogenation of methyl esters to alcohols†

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