Feng Y,
Yan G,
Wang T,
Jia W,
Zeng X.
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Sperry J,
Sun Y,
Tang X,
Lei T,
Lin L.
Xiamen University, Fujian Engineering and Research Centre of Clean and High-Valued
Technologies for Biomass, Xiamen, and Henan Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy, P. R.
of China; University of Auckland, New Zealand
Cu
1–Cu
0 Bicomponent CuNPs@ZIF-8 for Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural.
Green Chem. 2019;
21: 4319-4323
Key words
copper catalysis - hydrogenation - aldehydes - alcohols - nanoparticles
Significance
Copper nanoparticles encapsulated in a zeolitic imidazole framework (CuNPs@ZIF-8),
prepared as shown in equation 1, catalyzed the hydrogenation of aromatic aldehydes
with hydrogen gas to give the corresponding alcohols in yields of 94–99% (eq. 2; 8
examples).
Comment
The CuNPs@ZIF-8 catalyst was characterized by means of XRD, XPS, AES, TEM, and HR-TEM
analyses. In the hydrogenation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, the catalyst was recovered
and reused four times without loss of its catalytic activity.
