Synergistic Interaction within Bifunctional Ruthenium Nanoparticle/SILP Catalysts for the Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenols

Kylie L Luska; Pedro Migowski; Sami El Sayed; Walter Leitner

doi:10.1002/anie.201508513

Synergistic Interaction within Bifunctional Ruthenium Nanoparticle/SILP Catalysts for the Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenols

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Dec 21;54(52):15750-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201508513. Epub 2015 Nov 6.

Authors

Kylie L Luska¹, Pedro Migowski¹, Sami El Sayed¹, Walter Leitner^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany).
² Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany). leitner@itmc.rwth-aachen.de.
³ Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany). leitner@itmc.rwth-aachen.de.

PMID: 26545408
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508513

Abstract

Ruthenium nanoparticles immobilized on acid-functionalized supported ionic liquid phases (Ru NPs@SILPs) act as efficient bifunctional catalysts in the hydrodeoxygenation of phenolic substrates under batch and continuous flow conditions. A synergistic interaction between the metal sites and acid groups within the bifunctional catalyst leads to enhanced catalytic activities for the overall transformation as compared to the individual steps catalyzed by the separate catalytic functionalities.

Keywords: bifunctional catalysts; biomass conversion; kinetics; lignin; ruthenium.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't