Production of C2 and C3 polyols from d-sorbitol over hydrotalcite-like compounds mediated bi-functional Ni–Mg–Al–Ox catalysts》.pdf

Fuel Processing Technology 139 (2015) 86–90 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Fuel Processing Technology journal homepage: www. elsevi er. com/ locate /fuproc Research article Production of C2 and C3 polyols from D-sorbitol over hydrotalcite-like compounds mediated bi-functional Ni–Mg–Al–Ox catalysts Wei-Chen Du, Li-Ping Zheng, Juan-Juan Shi, Shui-Xin Xia, Zhao-Yin Hou ⁎ Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Production of C and C polyols from D-sorbitol over Ni/Mg Al O catalysts with different Mg/Al molar ratio 2 3 x y x + 1.5y Received 28 April 2015 were performed under mild conditions. It was found that this reaction proceeded effectively over these bi- Received in revised form 7 August 2015 functional catalysts prepared via thermal decomposition and reduction of Ni–Mg–Al hydrotalcite-like com- Accepted 8 August 2015 pounds. The detected conversion of D-sorbitol over Ni/Mg1.29Al0.06O1.38 reached 80.7% at 453 K and further in- Available online 19 August 2015 creased to 97.0% at 473 K. Characterizations indicate that the performance of these catalysts depended mainly Keywords: on its surface basicity. D-Sorbitol