Highly dispersed Ru nanoparticles supported on N-doped mesoporous carbon demonstrated an admirable catalytic activity in catalytic transfer hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-dimethylfuran and furfural to 2-methylfuran.
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) reaction is considered as a potential route for upgrading bio-based carbonyl compounds to their corresponding alcohols.
The study reported chemoselective reduction with selectivity (>99%) by the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with a catalyst of NiPd alloy nanoparticles decorated on mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (NiPd/mpg-C3N4).
One pot conversion of furfural to -valerolactone by transfer hydrogenation has been achieved over bifunctional Zr and TPA located in mesoporous silica catalysts. Different catalysts with TPA and ZrO2 located...