P-W-BRC-91 Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Ballroom C (Galt House Hotel)
Johannes Kraft1, Gustavo Paim Valença2 and Peter Claus1, (1)Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, (2)Campinas State University, Brazil.
The hydrogenolysis of glycerol in liquid phase has been performed over bimetallic catalysts containing Pt, Ir or Ru combined with Re, supported on silica or zeolite. The influence of the support, the pretreatment and reaction conditions have been investigated.

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