Selectivity promotion of Cu by manganese oxide in hydrogenative ring opening of furfural to pentanediols

Huixiang Li; Huayang Li; Jun Shen; Changhui Liang; Xiaoqiang Zhang; Wei Zhang; Yongxin Li; Z Conrad Zhang

doi:10.1039/d4cc05247a

Selectivity promotion of Cu by manganese oxide in hydrogenative ring opening of furfural to pentanediols

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Dec 23. doi: 10.1039/d4cc05247a. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Huixiang Li¹, Huayang Li¹, Jun Shen¹, Changhui Liang¹, Xiaoqiang Zhang¹, Wei Zhang¹, Yongxin Li¹, Z Conrad Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Institute of Urban and Rural Mining, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China. [email protected].

PMID: 39714268
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc05247a

Abstract

This work reports a targeted activation of C-O-C of furfural alcohol (FA) to produce pentanediols (PeDs) over MnO₂-modified Cu. Infrared spectroscopy revealed the strong interaction of the furan ring and C-O-C of FA with the catalyst surface in a preferred flat adsorption configuration, thus facilitating the activation and cleavage of C-O-C to form PeDs.