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Efficient Vapor-Phase Selective Hydrogenolysis of Bio-Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Using Cu Supported on Hydrotalcite Catalysts.

ABSTRACT: In this work, Cu nanoparticles (Cu NPs, 2-20 nm) supported on Hydrotalcite catalysts exhibit enhanced selectivity for γ-valerolactone (GVL) during hydrogenolysis of levulinic acid (LA). At 260 °C, over 3 wt% Cu achieved 87.5% of LA conversion with a maximum GVL selectivity (95%). In contrast, LA hydrogenolysis over 3Cu/Hydrotalcite catalyst is highly active and stable toward the production of GVL due to balanced acido-basicity and higher Cu dispersion with ultrasmall particle sizes, which are investigated through the temperature programmed desorption (TPD) of ammonia, N₂O titration, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis. Hydrotalcite in combination with inexpensive Cu catalyst is found to be an efficient and environmentally benign for LA hydrogenolysis.

SUBMITTER: Mitta H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6360448 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficient Vapor-Phase Selective Hydrogenolysis of Bio-Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Using Cu Supported on Hydrotalcite Catalysts.

Mitta Harisekhar H Seelam Prem Kumar PK Chary K V Raghava KVR Mutyala Suresh S Boddula Rajender R Inamuddin Asiri Abdullah M AM

Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) 20180711 12

In this work, Cu nanoparticles (Cu NPs, 2-20 nm) supported on Hydrotalcite catalysts exhibit enhanced selectivity for γ-valerolactone (GVL) during hydrogenolysis of levulinic acid (LA). At 260 °C, over 3 wt% Cu achieved 87.5% of LA conversion with a maximum GVL selectivity (95%). In contrast, LA hydrogenolysis over 3Cu/Hydrotalcite catalyst is highly active and stable toward the production of GVL due to balanced acido-basicity and higher Cu dispersion with ultrasmall particle sizes, which are in ...[more]

PMID: 30774979

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Project description:Zeolites with different structures (P1, sodalite, and X) were synthesized from coal fly ash by applying ultrasonically assisted hydrothermal and fusion-hydrothermal synthesis. Bimetallic catalysts, containing 5 wt.% Ni and 2.5 wt.% Cu, supported on the zeolites, were prepared by a post-synthesis incipient wetness impregnation method. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), N2 physisorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies (XPS), and H2-temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR) analyses. The XRPD results showed that crystalline Cu0 and NixCuy intermetallic nanoparticles were formed in the reduced catalysts. The presence of the intermetallic phase affected the reducibility of the nickel by shifting it to a lower temperature, as confirmed by the H2-TPR curves. Based on the Mössbauer spectroscopic results, it was established that the iron contamination of the coal fly ash zeolites (CFAZs) was distributed in ionic positions of the zeolite lattice and as a finely dispersed iron oxide phase on the external surface of the supports. The formation of the NiFe alloy, not detectable by XRPD, was also evidenced on the impregnated samples. The catalysts were studied in the upgrading of levulinic acid (LA), derived from lignocellulosic biomass, to γ-valerolactone (GVL), in a batch reactor under 30 bar H2 pressure at 150 and 200 °C, applying water as a solvent. The NiCu/SOD and NiCu/X catalysts showed total LA conversion and a high GVL yield (>75%) at a reaction temperature of 200 °C. It was found that the textural parameters of the catalysts have less influence on the catalytic activity, but rather the stable dispersion of metals during the reaction. The characterization of the spent catalyst found the rearrangement of the support structure. The high LA conversion and GVL yield can be attributed to the weak acidic character of the support and the moderate hydrogenation activity of the Ni-Cu sites with high dispersion.

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Efficient Vapor-Phase Selective Hydrogenolysis of Bio-Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Using Cu Supported on Hydrotalcite Catalysts.

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Efficient Vapor-Phase Selective Hydrogenolysis of Bio-Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Using Cu Supported on Hydrotalcite Catalysts.

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