O-Th-A-16 Highly Active and Selective Ruthenium-Based Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to Gamma-Valerolactone and Pentanoic Acid

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 4:20 PM
Ballroom A (Lawrence Convention Center)
Wenhao Luo1, M. Sankar1, Andrew Beale2, Qian He3, Christopher J. Kiely3, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx1 and Bert M. Weckhuysen1, (1)Utrecht University, Netherlands, (2)University College London, United Kingdom, (3)Lehigh University, USA.

Keynote

Careful control over catalyst synthesis allowed the development of RuPd/TiO2 and Ru/H-ZSM5 as excellent catalysts for the selective hydrodeoxygenation of levulinic acid (LA) to the biobased chemicals γ-valerolactone and pentanoic acid, respectively. Insights into the beneficial effects of RuPd nanoalloying and the synergy between Ru/H-ZSM5 hydrogenation/acid sides are provided.

Extended Abstracts:

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