RT Journal Article
T1 Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over calcined MgFe hydrotalcites
A1 Maderuelo-Solera, Rocío
A1 López Asencio, Raquel
A1 Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio
A1 Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar
A1 García-Sancho, Cristina
A1 Moreno-Tost, Ramón
A1 Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús
K1 Catálisis
K1 Hidrogenación
AB Catalytic transfer hydrogenation is an alternative catalytic approach for the reduction of carbonyl groups, instead of the use of dihydrogen gas. In this sense, a series of catalysts has been prepared by thermal treatment of layered double hydroxides, hydrotalcite type, of Mg(II) and Fe(III), with different Mg/Fe molar ratios. The resulting mixture of metal oxides was characterized by X-ray diffraction, TEM, N2 adsorption-desorption, CO2-TPD, NH3-TPD and XPS, and then catalysts were tested in the Meenwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction of furfural to obtain furfuryl alcohol. The catalytic results show that the catalysts with a Mg/Fe molar ratio of 3 allows reaching the highest furfural conversion at a lower reaction time, with a FOL yield close to 90% after 6 h of reaction at 443 K. The detailed analysis of these catalysts also revealed that the basicity has a more predominant role in the MPV reaction than acid sites.
PB Elsevier B.V.
YR 2019
FD 2019-11-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25020
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25020
LA eng
NO Spanish Ministry of Innovation, Science and Universities (Project RTI2018-094918-B-C44) and FEDER (European Union) funds. J.A.C. and C.G.S. thank University of Malaga for contracts of PhD incorporation. R.M.T. thanks to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (IEDI-2016-00743) for the financial support within the I3 program.
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RD 4 mar 2026