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Study of Ni, Pt, and Ru Catalysts on Wood-based Activated Carbon Supports and their Activity in Furfural Conversion to 2-Methylfuran
2018
Bio‐based chemicals can be produced from furfural through hydrotreatment. In this study, 2‐methylfuran (MF), a potential biofuel component, was produced with Pt, Ru, and Ni catalysts supported on wood‐based activated carbons. The catalytic hydrotreatment experiments were conducted in a batch reactor at 210–240 °C with 2‐propanol as solvent and 40 bar H2 pressure. Two types of activated carbon supports were prepared by carbonization and activation of lignocellulosic biomass (forest‐residue‐based birch and spruce from Finland). Both types of activated carbons were suitable as catalyst supports, giving up to 100 % furfural conversions. The most important factors affecting the MF yield were the…
Conversion of furfural to 2-methylfuran over CuNi catalysts supported on biobased carbon foams
2021
In this study, carbon foams prepared from the by-products of the Finnish forest industry, such as tannic acid and pine bark extracts, were examined as supports for 5/5% Cu/Ni catalysts in the hydrotreatment of furfural to 2-methylfuran (MF). Experiments were conducted in a batch reactor at 503 K and 40 bar H2. Prior to metal impregnation, the carbon foam from tannic acid was activated with steam (S1), and the carbon foam from pine bark extracts was activated with ZnCl2 (S2) and washed with acids (HNO3 or H2SO4). For comparison, a spruce-based activated carbon (AC) catalyst and two commercial AC catalysts as references were investigated. Compressive strength of the foam S2 was 30 times great…
A DFT Characterization of the Mechanism for the Cycloaddition Reaction between 2-Methylfuran and Acetylenedicarboxylic Acid
1999
The molecular mechanism for the cycloaddition reaction between 2-methylfuran and acetylenedicarboxylic acid (ADA) has been characterized using density functional theory methods at the B3LYP/6-31+G* theory level. An analysis of the results on the reaction pathway shows that the reaction takes place along a stepwise mechanism. The initial step corresponds to the nucleophilic attack of the C5 position of the furan ring to one carbon atom of the conjugated acetylenic system of ADA to give a zwitterionic intermediate. Closure of this intermediate along the nucleophilic attack of the other acetylenic carbon to the substituted C2 position of the furan ring affords the Diels−Alder cycloadduct. Alth…