Zeolite-encaged gold catalysts for the oxidative condensation of furfural
Received date: 22 Feb 2024
Accepted date: 07 Mar 2024
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The oxidative condensation between renewable furfural and fatty alcohols is a crucial avenue for producing high-quality liquid fuels and valuable furan derivatives. The selectivity control in this reaction process remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report the strategy of confining well dispersed gold species within ZSM-5 structure to construct highly active Au@ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts for the oxidative condensation of furfural. Characterization results and spectroscopy analyses demonstrate the efficient encapsulation of isolated and cationic Au clusters in zeolite structure. Au@ZSM-5(K) catalyst shows remarkable performance with 69.7% furfural conversion and 90.2% furan-2-acrolein selectivity as well as good recycle stability. It is revealed that the microstructure of ZSM-5 zeolite can significantly promote oxidative condensation activity through confinement effects. This work presents an explicit example of constructing zeolite encaged noble metal catalysts toward targeted chemical transformations.
Key words: zeolite; encapsulation; gold; oxidative condensation; furfural
Weijie Li , Mingyang Gao , Bin Qin , Xin Deng , Landong Li . Zeolite-encaged gold catalysts for the oxidative condensation of furfural[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024 , 18(8) : 90 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-024-2443-z
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