Levulinic acid hydrogenation to γ-valerolactone over single Ru atoms on a TiO2@nitrogen doped carbon support
- 29 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Green Chemistry
- Vol. 23 (4), 1621-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc04108d
Abstract
TiO2@nitrogen doped porous carbon dispersed single Ru atom catalyst (Ru/TiO2@CN) efficiently transforms levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone at room temperature in water with a turnover frequency of 278 molGVL molRu−1 h−1 at complete conversion.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0403103, 2017YFA0403102)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22073105, 21703258)
This publication has 61 references indexed in Scilit:
- Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous CatalysisAccounts of Chemical Research, 2013
- Adsorption/catalytic properties of MIL-125 and NH2-MIL-125Catalysis Today, 2013
- Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomassGreen Chemistry, 2013
- Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of Levulinic Acid to γ‐ValerolactoneChemSusChem, 2012
- Exploring the ruthenium catalysed synthesis of γ-valerolactone in alcohols and utilisation of mild solvent-free reaction conditionsGreen Chemistry, 2012
- A sustainable process for the production of γ-valerolactone by hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acidGreen Chemistry, 2012
- Interconversion between γ-valerolactone and pentenoic acid combined with decarboxylation to form butene over silica/aluminaJournal of Catalysis, 2011
- Selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over carbon-supported noble metal catalystsJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2011
- Maximising opportunities in supercritical chemistry: the continuous conversion of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone in CO2Chemical Communications, 2007
- NORMAL VALEROLACTONE. III. ITS PREPARATION BY THE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF LEVULINIC ACID WITH HYDROGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF PLATINUM OXIDEJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1930