Hydrous zirconia supported ruthenium catalyst Ru/ZrO2 xH2O, prepared by co-precipitating ruthenium trichloride and zirconium oxychloride with ammonia, was able to catalyze efficiently methyl propionate to propanol und...Hydrous zirconia supported ruthenium catalyst Ru/ZrO2 xH2O, prepared by co-precipitating ruthenium trichloride and zirconium oxychloride with ammonia, was able to catalyze efficiently methyl propionate to propanol under the mild conditions. In aqueous system, the propanol yield of 〉99% was achieved under the conditions of reaction temperature of 150 ℃ and hydrogen pressure of 5.0 MPa, while in non-aqueous system the maximum propanol yield was only 47.0%. FTIR spectra and hydrogenation results indicated that the high catalytic performance of Ru/ZrO2 xH2O in aqueous phase results from the cooperation effect between water as a solvent and hydroxyl groups on the surtace of carrier.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 21072138）, Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education （No. 307023）, the State Key Laboratory of Surface Science of Xiamen University, and the Innovation Foundation of Sichuan University.
文摘Hydrous zirconia supported ruthenium catalyst Ru/ZrO2 xH2O, prepared by co-precipitating ruthenium trichloride and zirconium oxychloride with ammonia, was able to catalyze efficiently methyl propionate to propanol under the mild conditions. In aqueous system, the propanol yield of 〉99% was achieved under the conditions of reaction temperature of 150 ℃ and hydrogen pressure of 5.0 MPa, while in non-aqueous system the maximum propanol yield was only 47.0%. FTIR spectra and hydrogenation results indicated that the high catalytic performance of Ru/ZrO2 xH2O in aqueous phase results from the cooperation effect between water as a solvent and hydroxyl groups on the surtace of carrier.
