An investigation of the effect of carbon support on ruthenium/carbon catalysts for lactic acid and butanone hydrogenation

A series of ruthenium catalysts supported on two different carbons were tested for the hydrogenation of lactic acid to 1,2-propanediol and butanone to 2-butanol. The properties of the carbon supports were investigated by inelastic neutron scattering and correlated with the properties of the rutheniu...

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Published inPhysical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 18; no. 26; pp. 17259 - 17264
Main Authors Jones, Daniel R, Iqbal, Sarwat, Kondrat, Simon A, Lari, Giacomo M, Miedziak, Peter J, Morgan, David J, Parker, Stewart F, Hutchings, Graham J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 2016
Subjects
Carbon
Catalysis
Catalysts
Hydrogenation
Lactic acid
Neutron scattering
Physical chemistry
Ruthenium
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Summary:A series of ruthenium catalysts supported on two different carbons were tested for the hydrogenation of lactic acid to 1,2-propanediol and butanone to 2-butanol. The properties of the carbon supports were investigated by inelastic neutron scattering and correlated with the properties of the ruthenium deposited onto the carbons by wet impregnation or sol-immobilisation. It was noted that the rate of butanone hydrogenation was highly dependent on the carbon support, while no noticeable difference in rates was observed between different catalysts for the hydrogenation of lactic acid.
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ISSN:1463-9076
1463-9084
DOI:10.1039/c6cp01311b