Unraveling the Mechanism of the Hydrodeoxygenation of Propanoic Acid over Transition Metal Surfaces

Vijay Solomon, Rajadurai

Monday, June 15, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Rajadurai Vijay Solomon, Behtash Sina, Jianmin Lu and Andreas Heyden, University of South Carolina, USA.

Understanding the mechanism of the HDO of carboxylic acids over metal catalysts is a prerequisite for the design of novel catalysts for upgrading of bio-oils and fatty acids. We investigated the HDO reaction mechanism of propanoic acid on Pd, Ru, Pt and Rh catalyst models and estimated the role of solvents.

Extended Abstracts:

Vijay_NAM2015_AH_FINAL.pdf (137.9KB) - Extended Abstract

P-Mo-B-199 Unraveling the Mechanism of the Hydrodeoxygenation of Propanoic Acid over Transition Metal Surfaces