A Fe5C2 nanocatalyst for the preferential synthesis of ethanol via dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation

Jia He; Yujun Zhao; Yue Wang; Junhu Wang; Jian Zheng; Hanlei Zhang; Guangwen Zhou; Chongmin Wang; Shengping Wang; Xinbin Ma

doi:10.1039/C7CC01644A

A Fe₅C₂ nanocatalyst for the preferential synthesis of ethanol via dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation†

Jia He,^a Yujun Zhao,

*^ab Yue Wang,^a Junhu Wang,

^c Jian Zheng,

^b Hanlei Zhang,^d Guangwen Zhou,^d Chongmin Wang,^e Shengping Wang^a and Xinbin Ma

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^a Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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^b Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA

^c Mössbauer Effect Data Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China

^d Materials Science and Engineering Program & Mechanical Department, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA

^e Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA

Abstract

A Fe-based catalyst exhibits extremely high selectivity (89.6%) besides excellent catalytic activity in gas-phase dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation. The ethanol formation occurs via hydrogenation of methyl acetate instead of ethylene glycol over the active species Fe₅C₂.

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A Fe₅C₂ nanocatalyst for the preferential synthesis of ethanol via dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation†

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