Mironenko, R. M.; Belskaya, O. B.; Likholobov, V. A. published the artcile< Solvent effect on the rate and direction of furfural transformations during hydrogenation over the Pd/C catalyst>, Category: tetrahydrofurans, the main research area is furfural palladium catalyst hydrogenation kinetics solvent effect.
The rate and directions of transformations during the liquid-phase hydrogenation of furfural with mol. hydrogen in the presence of the 5%Pd/C catalyst (at 423 K, 3 MPa) depend substantially on the chem. nature of the solvent. The main products of the catalytic transformations in alcs. are alkyl furyl ethers. Hydrogenation in solvent environment of aromatic hydrocarbons and 1,4-dioxane (nonpolar solvents), as well as in Et acetate and DMF (polar aprotic solvents) leads to the predominant formation of furfuryl alc., and its highest selectivity (up to 92%) is achieved with the use of DMF.
Russian Chemical Bulletin published new progress about Hydrogenation. 97-99-4 belongs to class tetrahydrofurans, and the molecular formula is C5H10O2, Category: tetrahydrofurans.
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