Husni Wahyu Wijaya, Takayoshi Hara, Nobuyuki Ichikuni, Shogo Shimazu
A Ni-Y2O3 catalyst containing ruthenium (Ru/Ni-Y2O3) was synthesized and applied to the hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) to produce 1,5-pentanediol (1,5-PeD), which showed superior catalytic performance over that of the Ni-Y2O3 catalyst itself. The optimized ruthenium-containing catalyst, which was prepared by impregnation of 1.0 wt% ruthenium in Ni-Y2O3, showed high catalytic activity for producing 1,5-PeD, giving an 86.5% yield at 93.4% conversion of THFA under 2.0 MPa of H2 at 423K after 40 h. The formation of Ru-Ni0-Y2O3 boundaries was proposed to accelerate the C-O bond scission of the tetrahydrofuran ring to give 1,5-PeD. © 2018 The Chemical Society of Japan.
Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, State University of Malang, Jl. Semarang 5, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
