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International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 4, 219-224 Published Online December 2014 in SciRes. /journal/ijoc /10.4236/ijoc.2014.44025 How to cite this paper: Lin, Q., Zheng, H.R., Zheng, G.C., Li, X.Z. and Lou, B.Y. (2014) Effects of Yttrium Doping on the Per- formance of Ru-Based Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 4, 219-224. /10.4236/ijoc.2014.44025 Effects of Yttrium Doping on the Performance of Ru-Based Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Qi Lin*, Huirong Zheng, Guocai Zheng, Xinzhong Li, Benyong Lou Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China Email: *qlin1990@163.com Received 8 August 2014; revised 25 September 2014; accepted 10 October 2014 Copyright ? 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The highly dispersed supported ruthenium-yttrium (Ru-Y) bimetallic catalysts were prepared by impregnation method and their catalytic performance for hydrogenation of ester was fully inves- tigated. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the average particle diameter of the bimetallic crystallites was less than 10 nm. The effects of the reaction temperature, the hydrogen pressure, the amount of catalyst and the proportion of yttrium in catalyst on the hydrogenation of ester were studied. The experimental results show that the introduction of yttrium not only changed the chemical and textural properties of ruthenium-based catalyst but also controlled the formation of Ru-Y alloy. The Ru-Y catalyst (Ru-2%Y/TiO2) exhibited high catalytic activity and good selectivity towards the higher alcohols. Under optimal reaction conditions of 240?C and 5 MPa hydrogen pressure, the conversion of pa