Abstract
In order to establish layered materials as heterogeneous catalysts in the liquid phase, acidic layered materials are evaluated here through the conversion of hexane-2,5-diol used as a model reaction. Such polyoxygenate reactant is representative of some of the biomass components and the interactions of the reagent or furan product with the interlayers surface is a key to the understanding of these lamellar materials features. Layered HNbMoO6 catalyst is particularly active and stable for the studied reaction compared to several zeolites and its high activity is obtained without any pre-activation step prior to reaction. The influence of temperature and water content in the reaction mixture are also studied for this catalyst. The importance of intercalation in the reaction process is specifically evaluated using Raman spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. On this layered catalyst, the reaction proceeds after intercalation of diol within the interlayer space followed by subsequent cyclodehydration giving rise to 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran with high selectivity. Comparison with related layered materials such as HNbWO6 or H2W2O7 highlights a distinct behavior both in reactivity and intercalation and emphasizes the role of the accessibility to the active sites.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2101692 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials Interfaces |
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| State | Published - Nov 28 2021 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-01-27Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the financial support from the French Ministry of Education and Research and from the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche and LabEx EMC3 through the project OXYLAC (Grant No. ANR-10-LABX-09-01). The authors thank Sylvie Collin for her help in preparing the samples.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering