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Ruthenium-catalyzed solvent-free conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

Tukacs, József M. and Bohus, Márton and Dibó, Gábor and Mika, László T. (2017) Ruthenium-catalyzed solvent-free conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. RSC Advances, 7 (6). pp. 3331-3335. ISSN 2046-2069

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Abstract

Bidentate phosphine-modified Ru-based homogeneous catalyst systems were developed for solvent-free conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol as a versatile biomass-based C5-platform molecule. The effect of ligand structure, ligand concentration, operating pressure and reaction temperature on the catalyst's activity were studied in details. Under optimized conditions complete conversion of furfural to furfurol was achieved in the absence of any solvent and without by-product formation. The maximum turnover frequency (6273 h–1) and 100% atom economy were obtained by using homogeneous Ru/Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2 catalyst, which was recyclable for twelve consecutive runs without affecting catalytic performance of the catalyst.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia > QD04 Organic chemistry / szerves kémia
Depositing User: Dr. Laszlo T, Mika
Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2017 10:40
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2017 10:40
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/64876

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