Selective Conversion of Cellulose to Hydroxyacetone and 1-Hydroxy-2-Butanone with Sn-Ni Bimetallic Catalysts

Haiyong Wang; Changhui Zhu; Qiying Liu; Jin Tan; Chenguang Wang; Zheng Liang; Longlong Ma

doi:10.1002/cssc.201900172

Selective Conversion of Cellulose to Hydroxyacetone and 1-Hydroxy-2-Butanone with Sn-Ni Bimetallic Catalysts

ChemSusChem. 2019 May 21;12(10):2154-2160. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201900172. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Authors

Haiyong Wang^{1

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3

4}, Changhui Zhu^{1

2

3

4}, Qiying Liu^{1

2

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5}, Jin Tan^{1

2

3}, Chenguang Wang^{1

2

3}, Zheng Liang^{1

2

3}, Longlong Ma^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, P.R. China.
² CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou, 510640, P.R. China.
³ Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, 510640, P.R. China.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P.R. China.
⁵ Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, P.R. China.

PMID: 30767387
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900172

Abstract

The high-value-added chemicals hydroxyacetone (HA) and 1-hydroxy-2-butanone (HB) were produced from agricultural waste over a Ni₃ Sn₄ -SnO_x catalyst. The Sn-Ni intermetallic compound and SnO_x acted as the active sites for HA and HB production by selectively cleaving the target C-C and C-O bonds. Approximately 70 % of the total HA and HB yield was obtained by selective hydrogenolysis of cellulose. This strategy expands the application of cellulose towards renewable production of high-value C₃ and C₄ keto-alcohols from cellulosic biomass.

Keywords: biomass; cellulose; hydroxyacetone; intermetallic; keto-alcohols.

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