A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin over carbon supported metal catalysts




AuthorsJ.L. Santos, M. Alda-Onggar, V. Fedorov, M. Peurla, K. Eränen, P. Mäki-Arvela, M.Á. Centeno, D. Yu. Murzin

PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Publication year2018

JournalApplied Catalysis A: General

Journal name in sourceAPPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Journal acronymAPPL CATAL A-GEN

Volume561

First page 137

Last page149

Number of pages13

ISSN0926-860X

eISSN1873-3875

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2018.05.010


Abstract
Different carbon supported metal catalysts were synthesized, and characterized with various physico-chemical methods and tested in vanillin hydrodeoxygenation under 30 bar total pressure in water as a solvent at 100 degrees C. The catalysts exhibited high specific surface area and the metal dispersion decreased in following order: Pt/ C > Pd/C > Au/C > Rh/C > Ru/C. The most active catalyst was Pd/C followed by Ru/C. Vanillin hydrodeoxygenation proceeded via hydrogenation forming vanillyl alcohol further to its hydrogenolysis forming p-creosol. Both hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis were promoted by Pd/C, which exhibited rather high dispersion. The highest selectivity to p-creosol, 95% at complete vanillin conversion, was obtained with Pd/C. Kinetic modelling of vanillyl alcohol selectivity as a function of vanillin conversion was performed.



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