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Heterogeneous catalysis of the glycerol hydrogenolysis

2011; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 1; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0cy00054j

2044-4761

Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige,

Biofuel production and bioconversion

Glycerol has become an important feedstock for chemicals. Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol has been attempted using several types of catalysts: non-noble-metal catalysts, noble-metal catalysts with an acid as an additive, noble-metal catalysts combined with a base, and metal-oxide-modified noble-metal catalysts. The former three approaches give 1,2-propanediol as a main product, while the mechanisms may be different. Only the last one can selectively give the more valuable 1,3-propanediol.