Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (12): 1911-1916.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60208-4

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Dehydrogenation of primary aliphatic alcohols to aldehydes over Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts

Tianliang Lua,b, Zhongtian Dua, Junxia Liua,b, Chen Chena, Jie Xua   

  1. a. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    b. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2014-06-27 Revised:2014-08-15 Online:2014-11-29 Published:2014-11-29
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21203180 and 21233008).

Abstract:

The catalytic conversion of non-activated primary aliphatic alcohols to aldehydes is a challenge, and monometallic Cu-based catalysts loaded on different supports have often been used for these reactions. Cu-Ni/γ-Al2O3 bimetallic catalysts were prepared and used for anaerobic dehydrogenation of 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol to 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanal. These catalysts exhibited higher activity than Cu/γ-Al2O3 under the same reaction conditions, and a wide range of primary aliphatic alcohols were efficiently converted to the corresponding aldehydes over Cu-Ni/γ-Al2O3 under mild conditions.

Key words: Primary aliphatic alcohol, Aldehyde, Copper-nickel, Catalysis, Dehydrogenation