Highly efficient Nb2O5 catalyst for aldol condensation of biomass-derived carbonyl molecules to fuel precursors

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(19)63371-1

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Abstract: Aldol condensation is of significant importance for the production of fuel precursors from biomass-derived chemicals and has received increasing attention. Here we report a Nb₂O₅ catalyst with excellent activity and stability in the aldol condensation of biomass-derived carbonyl molecules. It is found that in the aldol condensation of furfural with 4-heptanone, Nb₂O₅ has obviously superior activity, which is not only better than that of other common solid acid catalysts (ZrO₂ and Al₂O₃), more importantly, but also better than that of solid base catalysts (MgO, CaO, and magnesium-aluminum hydrotalcite). The detailed characterizations by N₂ sorption/desorption, NH₃-TPD, Py-FTIR and DRIFTS study of acetone adsorption reveal that Nb₂O₅ has a strong ability to activate the C=O bond in carbonyl molecules, which helps to generate a metal enolate intermediate and undergo the nucleophilic addition to form a new C-C bond. Furthermore, the applicability of Nb₂O₅ to aldol condensation is extended to other biomass-derived carbonyl molecules and high yields of target fuel precursors are obtained. Finally, a multifunctional Pd/Nb₂O₅ catalyst is prepared and successfully used in the one-pot synthesis of liquid alkanes from biomass-derived carbonyl molecules by combining the aldol condensation with the sequential hydrodeoxygenation.

Key words: Aldol condensation, Nb₂O₅, C=O activation, Fuel precursor, Bio-liquid alkane, One-pot process

Yaxuan Jing, Yu Xin, Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu, Yanqin Wang. Highly efficient Nb₂O₅ catalyst for aldol condensation of biomass-derived carbonyl molecules to fuel precursors[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 40(8): 1168-1177.

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