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Back Cover: Insights into the Major Reaction Pathways of Vapor‐Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of m ‐Cresol on a Pt/HBeta Catalyst (ChemCatChem 3/2016)
Author(s) -
Sun Qianqian,
Chen Guanyi,
Wang Hua,
Liu Xiao,
Han Jinyu,
Ge Qingfeng,
Zhu Xinli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201600078
Subject(s) - hydrodeoxygenation , deoxygenation , methylcyclohexane , catalysis , chemistry , photochemistry , bifunctional , selectivity , organic chemistry
The Cover shows the major reaction pathways of hydrodeoxygenation of m‐cresol to hydrocarbons on a bifunctional Pt/HBeta catalyst, consisting of both metal site (Pt) and Brønsted acid site (BAS). In their Full Paper, Sun et al. demonstrate that the reaction proceeds through both a direct deoxygenation path (DDO) to toluene and a hydrogenation‐deoxygenation path (HYD) to methylcyclohexane and ring contraction products. The selectivity between the two paths depends on competition between the initial rates of deoxygenation and hydrogenation of cresol. The apparent activation energy is positive for the DDO path, whereas it becomes negative for the HYD path. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Sun et al. on page 551 in Issue 3, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201501232).