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New Reaction Schemes for the Production of Biomass-Based Chemicals Created by Selective Catalytic Hydrogenolysis: Catalysts with Noble Metal and Tungsten

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Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion I

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Bimetallic catalysts containing noble metal and tungsten are effective in C-O hydrogenolysis reactions. Three types of C-O hydrogenolysis reactions have been reported: one is the direct hydrogenolysis of C-O bond neighboring a terminal OH group such as tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol to 1,5-pentanediol. This catalysis is common for Rh-MOx (M = Mo, Re, and W) catalysts. Water solvent and low reaction temperature (~393 K) are applied. Another is deoxydehydration + hydration of vicinal cis-diols to mono-alcohols such as 1,4-anhydroerythritol to 3-hydroxytetrahydrofuran. The combination of WO3 and noble metal, especially Pd, is effective in this reaction. The reaction proceeds in non-water solvent (1,4-dioxane) and at high temperature (453–473 K). The other is selective production of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol over Pt-W catalysts. The combination of Pt and W is specifically effective. The reaction is operated in the presence of water at high temperature (~453 K). The proposed mechanism is a variant of dehydration + hydrogenation, and the intermediate of 1,3-propanediol formation is stabilized by W species.

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Nakagawa, Y., Tamura, M., Tomishige, K. (2016). New Reaction Schemes for the Production of Biomass-Based Chemicals Created by Selective Catalytic Hydrogenolysis: Catalysts with Noble Metal and Tungsten. In: Schlaf, M., Zhang, Z. (eds) Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion I. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-688-1_8

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