Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 1771-1775.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(16)62512-3

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Gold-iridium catalysts for the hydrogenation of biomass derived products

Lorenzo Landennaa, Alberto Villaa, Rodolfo Zanellab, Claudio Evangelistic, Laura Pratia   

  1. a Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy;
    b Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Technologico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
    c Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari ISTM-CNR, Via G. Fantoli 16/15, 20138 Milano, Italy
  • Received:2016-05-11 Revised:2016-07-09 Online:2016-10-21 Published:2016-10-22
  • Contact: Laura Prati

Abstract:

Au-Ir and Au-Ru on TiO2 catalysts prepared by sequential deposition-precipitation technique were compared with the corresponding monometallics in the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Interestingly the addition of Au to Ir/TiO2 showed a detrimental effect on the activity of Ir monometallic catalyst whereas a positive synergistic effect was shown in the case of Ru. Both catalysts were reduced under H2 to increase the M0-Au0 interaction. From previous DFT calculations and catalytic test, we addressed the lower activity of Au-Ir/TiO2 than that of Ir/TiO2 to the interference of Au into the redox mechanism of Ir atoms.

Key words: Levulinic acid hydrogenation, Gold-irdium catalyst, Gold-ruthenium catalyst, γ-Valerolactone, Synergistic effect