DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.20357

Screening Support of Bimetallic Ruthenium-Tin Catalysts for Aqueous Phase Hydrogenolysis of Furfuryl Alcohol to 1,5-Pentanediol

1Catalysis for Sustainable Energy and Environment (CATSuRe), Inorganic Materials and Catalysis (IMCat) Laboratory, Indonesia

2Department of Chemistry, Lambung Mangkurat University, Jl. A. Yani Km 36,0 Banjarbaru 70714, Indonesia

3Department of Physics, Lambung Mangkurat University, Jl. A. Yani Km 36,0 Banjarbaru 70714, Indonesia

4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lambung Mangkurat University, Jl. A. Yani Km 35,0 Banjarbaru 70714, Indonesia

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Received: 19 Feb 2025; Revised: 9 Apr 2025; Accepted: 9 Apr 2025; Available online: 10 Apr 2025; Published: 30 Aug 2025.
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The selective aqueous phase hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol (FFalc) to 1,5-pentanediol (1,5-PeD) using supported bimetallic ruthenium-tin (Ru-Sn) catalysts on various metal oxide supports (e.g., TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, Nb2O5, g-Al2O3) and its combination were investigated systematically. The catalysts were prepared via coprecipitation-hydrothermal at 150 oC for 24 h, followed by reduction with H2 at 400 oC for 2 h. Supported Ru-Sn on TiO2(A), g-Al2O3, and ZrO2 catalysts exhibited higher yield of 1,5-PeD (55-69%) than that other catalysts at 180 oC, H2 10-30 bar for 3-5 h. However, those supported catalysts showed poor recyclability after the first reaction run, and therefore further examination on g-Al2O3 supported Ru-Sn was performed. The Ru-Sn catalyst supported on g-Al2O3-metal oxide composites (metal oxides: ZrO2, TiO2(A), TiO2(R), ZnO, Nb2O5, and C) afforded higher FFalc conversion and yield of 1,5-PeD than that of unmodified g-Al2O3 at 180 oC, H2 30 bar for 3 h. Among them, the Ru-Sn/g-Al2O3-TiO2(A) (33%) catalyst could afford the highest yield of 1,5-PeD (80%) at 99% conversion FFalc at 180 oC, H2 10 bar for 5 h. Around 95% of this catalyst can be recycled after the second reaction run and the activity can be restored to initial after reactivation with H2 at 400 oC for 2 h with a 69% yield of 1,5-PeD at 97% FFalc conversion. Copyright © 2025 by Authors, Published by BCREC Publishing Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Keywords: Bimetallic Ru-Sn; aqueous phase hydrogenolysis; furfuryl alcohol; 1,5-pentanediol
Funding: LPDP-BRIN under contract 79/IV/KS/11/2022; DRPTM under contract 056/E5/PG.02.00.PL/2024; Universitas Lambung Mangkurat under contract 1374.95/UN8.2/PG/2024

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