Selective hydrogenation of higher saturated carboxylic acids to alcohols using a ReOx–Pd/SiO2 catalyst

Yasuyuki Takeda; Yoshinao Nakagawa; Keiichi Tomishige

doi:10.1039/C2CY20302B

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Selective hydrogenation of higher saturated carboxylic acids to alcohols using a ReO_x–Pd/SiO₂ catalyst†

Yasuyuki Takeda,^a Yoshinao Nakagawa*^a and Keiichi Tomishige*^a

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^a Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-07, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
E-mail: yoshinao@erec.che.tohoku.ac.jp, tomi@erec.che.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

Higher fatty alcohols were synthesized in high yield (>92%) by direct hydrogenation of fatty acids catalyzed by ReO_x–Pd/SiO₂. High catalytic performance of ReO_x–Pd/SiO₂ can be generated by the synergy between ReO_x and Pd. Preferential adsorption of the carboxylic acid to alcohols prohibited the overreaction of alcohols to alkanes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CY20302B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 08 May 2012
Accepted: 27 Jul 2012
First published: 31 Jul 2012

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 2221-2223

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Selective hydrogenation of higher saturated carboxylic acids to alcohols using a ReO_x–Pd/SiO₂ catalyst

Y. Takeda, Y. Nakagawa and K. Tomishige, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 2221 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20302B

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