ZrO2-SBA-15 catalysts for the one-pot cascade synthesis of GVL from furfural

J. Iglesias; J. A. Melero; G. Morales; M. Paniagua; B. Hernández; A. Osatiashtiani; A. F. Lee; K. Wilson

doi:10.1039/C8CY01121D

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ZrO₂-SBA-15 catalysts for the one-pot cascade synthesis of GVL from furfural†

J. Iglesias,

*^a J. A. Melero,

^a G. Morales,^a M. Paniagua,^a B. Hernández,^a A. Osatiashtiani,

^b A. F. Lee

^c and K. Wilson^c

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^a School of Experimental Sciences and Technology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan. s/n. E-28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
E-mail: jose.iglesias@urjc.es

^b European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK

^c School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

Abstract

Controlling the thickness of zirconia monolayers coated over SBA-15 offers an effective way to tune catalytic performance for the acid-mediated and hydrogen transfer (Meerwein Ponndorf Verley, MPV) cascade transformation of furfural to γ-valerolactone. Complementary mechanistic and kinetic modelling establishes the existence of the two distinct zirconium active species (weak and strong acid sites), whose balancing enables optimisation of the cascade and hence maximal γ-valerolactone (GVL) production.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY01121D
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 31 May 2018
Accepted: 08 Aug 2018
First published: 08 Aug 2018

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018,8, 4485-4493

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ZrO₂-SBA-15 catalysts for the one-pot cascade synthesis of GVL from furfural

J. Iglesias, J. A. Melero, G. Morales, M. Paniagua, B. Hernández, A. Osatiashtiani, A. F. Lee and K. Wilson, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 4485 DOI: 10.1039/C8CY01121D

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