Douthwaite, Mark, Zhang, Bin, Iqbal, Sarwat, Miedziak, Peter J., Bartley, Jonathan K.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4640-541X, Willock, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8893-1090 and Hutchings, Graham J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-1560
2022.
Transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate with methanol to gamma valerolactone over Cu-ZrO2: A sustainable approach to liquid fuels.
Catalysis Communications
164
, 106430.
10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106430
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Abstract
Cu-ZrO2 is demonstrated to be a highly effective catalyst for the transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone, using methanol as the hydrogen donor. The emergence of several new strategies for synthesising green methanol, underlines its potential as a sustainable hydrogen source for such transformations. Transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate over Cu-ZrO2 was determined to proceed through a two-step ‘hydrogen borrowing’ process. The first step involves methanol dehydrogenation (rate limiting) and the second, levulinate reduction. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that methanol can be used effectively as a hydrogen source for such transformations when a suitable catalyst is employed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Chemistry Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) |
| Additional Information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1566-7367 |
| Funders: | European Union FP7 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 21 February 2022 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 13 February 2022 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2023 19:01 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147707 |
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