Production of hexane from sorbitol in aqueous medium over PtNbOPO4 catalyst》.pdf

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 181 (2016) 699–706 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Catalysis B: Environmental j o u r na l h o m e p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/apc atb Production of hexane from sorbitol in aqueous medium over Pt/NbOPO4 catalyst Jinxu Xi, Qineng Xia, Yi Shao, Daqian Ding, Panpan Yang, Xiaohui Liu ∗ , Guanzhong Lu, Yanqin Wang ∗ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Liquid bio-fuels derived from renewable biomass are of great importance on the potential substitution for Received 24 April 2015 the diminishing fossil fuels. Aqueous-phase process of sugar and sugar-derived molecules can be used to Received in revised form 24 August 2015 produce a range of alkanes and oxygenates. In this work, Pt/NbOPO4 multifunctional catalyst was used in Accepted 30 August 2015 the alkane production by the hydrodeoxygenation of sorbitol in aqueous solution. The results indicated Available online 1 September 2015 that Pt/NbOPO4 catalyst showed the highest activity with 60% yield of C6 and C5 alkanes at 250 ◦ C and 4 MPa H2 among a series of catalysts. The reaction pathway showed that this process included dehydra- Keywords: tion, hydrogenolysis and CC bond cleavage. Isosorbide is the product of dehydration reaction and also Sorbitol Hexane