Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.5, 404-405, 2001
Furfural hydrogenation to furfuryl alcohol over a novel Ni-Co-B amorphous alloy catalyst
The ultrafine Ni-Co-B amorphous catalysts were employed in liquid-phase furfural hydrogenation, which showed higher activity and better selectivity to furfuryl alcohol than either NiB, or Co-B, or the mixture of Ni-B and Co-B catalysts. The promoting effect of Co-dopant was briefly discussed.