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Green Chemistry

A gas-phase coupling process for simultaneous production of γ-butyrolactone and furfuryl alcohol without external hydrogen over bifunctional base-metal heterogeneous catalysts†

Qi Hu,a   Guoli Fan,a   Lan Yang,a   Xinzhong Cao,b   Peng Zhang,b   Baoyi Wangb  and  Feng Li*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State key laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, P.O. BOX 98, Beijing, P. R. China
E-mail: lifeng@mail.buct.edu.cn
Fax: +8610 64425385
Tel: +8610 64451226

b Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

A solvent-free gas-phase coupling process through hydrogen transfer without external hydrogen supply over novel bifunctional base-metal heterogeneous catalysts was developed for the simultaneous production of γ-butyrolactone and furfuryl alcohol with high yields of 95.0% from biomass-derived compounds. Such a practical, unparallely efficient and environmentally benign process makes it promising in terms of both green sustainable chemistry and industrial perspective.

Graphical abstract: A gas-phase coupling process for simultaneous production of γ-butyrolactone and furfuryl alcohol without external hydrogen over bifunctional base-metal heterogeneous catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC02924D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Dec 2015
Accepted
25 Jan 2016
First published
25 Jan 2016

Green Chem., 2016,18, 2317-2322

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A gas-phase coupling process for simultaneous production of γ-butyrolactone and furfuryl alcohol without external hydrogen over bifunctional base-metal heterogeneous catalysts

Q. Hu, G. Fan, L. Yang, X. Cao, P. Zhang, B. Wang and F. Li, Green Chem., 2016, 18, 2317 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC02924D

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