Transfer hydrogenation of methyl levulinate with methanol to gamma valerolactone over Cu-ZrO2: A sustainable approach to liquid fuels

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
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry 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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