Conversion of biomass-derived levulinate esters to γ-valerolactone with a robust CuNi bimetallic catalyst

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (36) ◽  
pp. 15671-15676
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Ning-Zhao Shang ◽  
Shu-Tao Gao ◽  
Chun Wang ◽  
...  

A high-performance Cu–Ni bimetallic catalyst supported on Zr–Al oxides was fabricated for catalyzing the transfer hydrogenation of levulinate esters to γ-valerolactone (GVL) under mild conditions.

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 419-423
Author(s):  
Li-Jie Zhang ◽  
Xian Yao ◽  
Ying-xin Sun ◽  
Jia-wei Zhang ◽  
Chun Cai

Pd–Ni bimetallic nanoparticles (BMNPs) supported on ZrO2 were prepared by an impregnation–reduction method. The BMNPs showed excellent catalytic performance in Suzuki carbon–carbon cross-coupling reactions and almost quantitative conversion of the substrates was obtained under mild conditions in the absence of ligand. The excellent catalytic performance of the bimetallic catalyst could be a result of the synergistic effect between the two metal components. The catalyst showed outstanding recyclability during the reaction process; no obvious decrease in catalytic performance was observed after five cycles.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1371
Author(s):  
Rosa Padilla ◽  
Sakhitha Koranchalil ◽  
Martin Nielsen

The development of efficient biomass valorization is imperative for the future sustainable production of chemicals and fuels. Particularly, the last decade has witnessed the development of a plethora of effective and selective transformations of bio-based furanics using homogeneous organometallic catalysis under mild conditions. In this review, we describe some of the advances regarding the conversion of target furanics into value chemicals, monomers for high-performance polymers and materials, and pharmaceutical key intermediates using homogeneous catalysis. Finally, the incorporation of furanic skeletons into complex chemical architectures by multifunctionalization routes is also described.


ACS Catalysis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 13659-13667
Author(s):  
Xin Liu ◽  
Lars Longwitz ◽  
Brian Spiegelberg ◽  
Jan Tönjes ◽  
Torsten Beweries ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (73) ◽  
pp. 10762-10765
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Sato ◽  
Yoshihito Kayaki ◽  
Takao Ikariya

Metal–NH cooperative Ir complexes having a C–N chelate effectively promoted the reduction of bicarbonate and half-carbonate salts formed from CO2 in 2-propanol under mild conditions to produce formate salts with a maximum turnover number of 3200.


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