Preparation of Propanols by Glycerol Hydrogenolysis over Bifunctional Nickel-Containing Catalysts

Alexander A Greish; Elena D Finashina; Olga P Tkachenko; Leonid M Kustov

doi:10.3390/molecules26061565

Preparation of Propanols by Glycerol Hydrogenolysis over Bifunctional Nickel-Containing Catalysts

Molecules. 2021 Mar 12;26(6):1565. doi: 10.3390/molecules26061565.

Authors

Alexander A Greish¹, Elena D Finashina¹, Olga P Tkachenko¹, Leonid M Kustov^{1

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Affiliations

¹ N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leninsky Prospect, 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
² Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, bldg. 3, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
³ Laboratory of Nanochemistry and Ecology, Institute of Environmental Technologies & Engineering, National University of Science and Technology "MISiS", Leninsky Prospect, 4, 119049 Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

The paper presents the results obtained in studying glycerol hydrogenolysis into 1-propanol and 2-propanol over bifunctional Ni/WO₃-TiO₂ and Ni/WO₃-ZrO₂ catalysts in the flow system. Due to the optimal combination of acidic and hydrogenation properties of the heterogeneous catalysts, they exhibit higher performance in glycerol conversion into C₃ alcohols, although the process is carried out in rather mild conditions. At the reaction temperature of 250 °C and hydrogen pressure of 3 MPa, the total yield of 1-propanol and 2-propanol reaches 95%, and the glycerol conversion is close to 100%.

Keywords: glycerol; hydrogenolysis; propanols; titania; tungstena; zirconia.

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