Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (12): 1189-1191.

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Solvent Effect on Selective Dehydroxylation of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol over a Pt/WO3/ZrO2 Catalyst

GONG Leifeng1,3, LÜ Yuan1, DING Yunjie1,2,*, LIN Ronghe1,3, LI Jingwei1,3, DONG Wenda1,3, WANG Tao1, CHEN Weimiao1   

  1. 1Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China; 3Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2009-12-25 Online:2009-12-25 Published:2013-09-29

Abstract: Different solvents were studied for dehydroxylation of glycerol to1,3-propanediol over a Pt/WO3/ZrO2 catalyst. Protic solvents such as ethanol and water favored the formation of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol. Binary solvents containing a protic component showed a synergetic solvent effect on the selective dehydroxylation of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol. The protic component in the binary solvent influenced the performance of the Pt/WO3/ZrO2 catalyst.

Key words: platinum, tungsten oxide, zirconia, glycerol, dehydroxylation, 1, 3-propanediol, solvent effect