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Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Ethylene Glycol over a Low‐Cost Binary Catalyst of Raney Ni and Tungstic Acid
Author(s) -
Tai Zhijun,
Zhang Junying,
Wang Aiqin,
Pang Jifeng,
Zheng Mingyuan,
Zhang Tao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201200842
Subject(s) - raney nickel , catalysis , ethylene glycol , tungstic acid , cellulose , yield (engineering) , chemistry , hydrogenolysis , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy
Abstract Following our previous report on the selective transformation of cellulose to ethylene glycol (EG) over a binary catalyst composed of tungstic acid and Ru/C, we herein report a new low‐cost but more effective binary catalyst by using Raney nickel in place of Ru/C (Raney Ni+H 2 WO 4 ). In addition to tungstic acid, other W compounds were also investigated in combination with Raney Ni. The results showed that the EG yield depended on the W compound: H 4 SiW 12 O 40