Metal-organic-framework derived Co-Pd bond is preferred over Fe-Pd for reductive upgrading of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

• Published in: Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 48; no. 24; pp. 8791 - 882
• Main Authors: Pendem, Saikiran, Bolla, Srinivasa Rao, Morgan, David J, Shinde, Digambar B, Lai, Zhiping, Nakka, Lingaiah, Mondal, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
• Subjects: Alcohol; Biomass; Catalysts; Catalytic activity; Catalytic converters; Clean fuels; Cobalt oxides; Computer simulation; Furfural; Iron oxides; Metal-organic frameworks; Nanoparticles; Noble metals; Organic chemistry; Palladium; Scanning electron microscopy; Selectivity; Size distribution; Transition metal alloys; Transition metals; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Combined noble-transition metal catalysts have been used to produce a wide range of important non-petroleum-based chemicals from biomass-derived furfural (as a platform molecule) and have garnered colossal research interest due to the urgent demand for sustainable and clean fuels. Herein, we report...