Ruthenium nanoparticles intercalated in montmorillonite (Nano-ru@mmt) is highly efficient catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of 2-furaldehyde in benign aqueous medium

Farooq Ahmad Khan; Sana Yaqoob; Nourina Nasim; Yan Wang; Muhammad Usman; Anvarhusein A. Isab; Muhammad Altaf; Bing Sun; Islam H. El Azab; Hesham R. El-Seedi

doi:10.3390/catal11010066

Ruthenium nanoparticles intercalated in montmorillonite (Nano-ru@mmt) is highly efficient catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of 2-furaldehyde in benign aqueous medium

Farooq Ahmad Khan^*, Sana Yaqoob, Nourina Nasim, Yan Wang, Muhammad Usman, Anvarhusein A. Isab, Muhammad Altaf, Bing Sun, Islam H. El Azab, Hesham R. El-Seedi^*

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Abstract

Chemoselective hydrogenation of 2-furaldehyde to furfuryl alcohol using green solvents is an important research area to get eco-friendly fuels and fine chemicals. Herein, we report ruthenium nanoparticles (~1.8 nm) intercalated in montmorillonite as an efficient catalytic system, which can selectively hydrogenate 2-furaldehyde in a benign aqueous medium. The complete conversion was observed at 40^◦C with 1 MPa H₂, the selectivity of furfuryl alcohol being >99%, and turnover number 1165. After a catalytic run, the montmorillonite-supported ruthenium nanoparticles can be recycled and reused without losing their activity and selectivity.

Original language	English
Article number	66
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Catalysts
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010066
State	Published - Jan 2021

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Keywords

2-furaldehyde
Biomass valorization
Eco-friendly fuels
Furfural
Furfuryl alcohol
Green solvent
Hydrogenation
Montmorillonite
Ruthe-nium nanoparticles
Smectite

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Catalysis
General Environmental Science
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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Khan, F. A., Yaqoob, S., Nasim, N., Wang, Y., Usman, M., Isab, A. A., Altaf, M., Sun, B., El Azab, I. H., & El-Seedi, H. R. (2021). Ruthenium nanoparticles intercalated in montmorillonite (Nano-ru@mmt) is highly efficient catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of 2-furaldehyde in benign aqueous medium. Catalysts, 11(1), 1-9. Article 66. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010066

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