Chemistry Letters, Vol.46, No.1, 149-151, 2017
Efficiently Recyclable and Easily Separable Ni-Fe Alloy Catalysts for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Biomass-derived Furfural
Efficient Ni-Fe alloy catalysts prepared by environmentally friendly method exhibited high selectivity in the hydrogenation of furfural (FFald) to give 95% yield of furfuryl alcohol (FFalc) under 1 MPa of H-2 at 423K using Ni-Fe(2-1) hydrogen treated at 673K catalyst (denoted as Ni-Fe(2-1) HT-673) within 3 h. No significant loss of catalytic activity after 4 running cycles showed a high stability of the catalysts on furfural hydrogenation.