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Molybdenum Carbide‐Catalyzed Conversion of Renewable Oils into Diesel‐like Hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
Han Junxing,
Duan Jinzhao,
Chen Ping,
Lou Hui,
Zheng Xiaoming
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201100217
Subject(s) - molybdenum , chemistry , catalysis , selectivity , carbide , leaching (pedology) , diesel fuel , palladium , hydrocarbon , alkyl , silicon carbide , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , environmental science , soil science , soil water
In the paper, we report for the first time that the conversion of renewable oils into diesel‐like hydrocarbon mixtures can be realized on molybdenum carbides with high activity and selectivity. The molybdenum carbide catalyst exhibited much better resistance to leaching than noble metals and could be reused consecutively for sixteen times without deactivation. Mechanism investigations indicated that molybdenum carbide and palladium showed different reaction selectivities and it was speculated that the level of difficulty in acyl‐to‐alkyl rearrangement of surface acyl intermediates on molybdenum carbide and palladium resulted in the different product selectivity.