DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.20067

Bimetallic Ru-Sn as Effective Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Biogenic Platform Chemicals at Room Temperature

1Inorganic Materials and Catalysis (IMCat), Catalysis for Sustainable Energy & Environment (CATSuRe), Lambung Mangkurat University, 70714, Indonesia

2Department of Chemistry, Lambung Mangkurat University, Jl. A. Yani Km 36 Banjarbaru, 70714, Indonesia

3Centre for Advanced Chemistry, BRIN, KST BJ Habibie Serpong, Tangerang, Indonesia

4 Research Centre for Quantum Physics, BRIN, KST BJ Habibie Serpong, Tangerang, Indonesia

5 Department of Chemical Engineering, Lambung Mangkurat University, Jl. A. Yani Km 35, Banjarbaru, 70714, Indonesia

6 Research Collaboration Center for Tin Metal, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Km 3, Cilegon, Indonesia

7 Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Km 3, Cilegon, Indonesia

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Received: 31 Oct 2023; Revised: 21 Nov 2023; Accepted: 27 Nov 2023; Available online: 29 Nov 2023; Published: 11 Dec 2023.
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Supported bimetallic ruthenium-tin (denoted as Ru-Sn(x); x = molar ratio of Ru/Sn) catalysts were examined for room temperature (RT) hydrogenation of biogenic platform chemicals of levulinic acid (LA) to g-valerolactone (GVL). Six types of metal oxide support c.a. Nb2O5, TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, g-Al2O3, active charcoal (AC), were employed as the support for Ru-Sn(x). Ru-Sn(3.0)/Nb2O5 (Ru/Sn = 3.0) that reduced at 500 oC demonstrated the highest yield of GVL (98%) at 30 oC, 30 bar H2 for 3 h. The increase in Sn loading amount (Ru/Sn = 1.5) resulted in decreasing of LA conversion (83%) under the same reaction conditions. Among the studied supported Ru-Sn catalysts, Nb2O5 and ZnO supports exhibited better catalytic performances than that other for RT hydrogenation of LA and various biogenic platform chemicals. The Ru-Sn(3.0)/Nb2O5 catalyst was characterized by means of various adsorption and spectroscopic techniques. The Ru-Sn(3.0)/Nb2O5 catalyst was found to be reusable without any significant loss of its activity. Copyright © 2023 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA  License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

 

Keywords: bimetallic ruthenium-tin; room temperature hydrogenation; biogenic platform chemicals; levulinic acid; valerolactone
Funding: BPDP Sawit GRS-16 under contract PRJ-49/2016; LPDP Riset Inovasi Indonesis Maju 2 (RIIM2) under contract 79/IV/KS/11/2022

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