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Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass‐Derived Oxygenates to Unsaturated Hydrocarbons using Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts
Author(s) -
Ren Hui,
Yu Weiting,
Salciccioli Michael,
Chen Ying,
Huang Yulin,
Xiong Ke,
Vlachos Dionisios G.,
Chen Jingguang G.
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.201200991
Subject(s) - hydrodeoxygenation , oxygenate , catalysis , biomass (ecology) , molybdenum , chemistry , carbide , hydrocarbon , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , selectivity , oceanography , engineering , geology
Which cleavage do you prefer? With a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, surface science studies, and reactor evaluations, Mo 2 C is identified as a highly selective HDO catalyst to selectively convert biomass‐derived oxygenates to unsaturated hydrocarbons through selective CO bond scissions without CC bond cleavage. This provides high‐value HDO products for utilization as feedstocks for chemicals and fuels; this also reduces the overall consumption of H 2 .