Hydrogen production from biomass has been paid more attention for years. Processes suggested for production of hydrogen from biomass are often involved in high-temperature pyrolysis, catalytic steam reforming or enzymatic biosynthesis. These strategies, however, encounter problems of high consumption of energy, low catalyst efficiency and very limited productivity. Group VIII metals such as Pt,...

The present study deals with the selective hydrogenation of menthone to menthol in a Parr reactor. The reactions are carried out in the temperature range of 100-200°C, pressure range of 5-20 kg/cm, 100 mL solvent and catalyst to substrate ratio ranging from 0-10% for a reaction time of 4-5 h. The samples are then analyzed using a gas chromatograph for determining the conversion and then selecti...

Ferrocene is a popular template in material science due to its exceptional characteristics that offer the ability to optimize the selectivity and activity of catalysts by the addition of carefully selected substituents. In combinatorial catalyst development, the high susceptibility to electrophilic substitution reactions offers the opportunity for the rapid introduction of molecular diversity. ...

Introduction Industrial higher olefin (> C5) hydroformylation processes require harsh temperatures and pressures (140 200 oC, 5 30 MPa) as well as tedious catalyst separation schemes involving hazardous reagents to recycle the cobalt catalyst [1]. The use of rhodium (Rh) as a catalyst would lower the operating temperature and pressure but requires almost quantitative recovery and recycle of the...

A zeolitic platinum-encapsulated microcapsule was successfully employed in the one-pot tandem synthesis of hydrazone directly from cyclohexanol with high conversion, selectivity and reusability due to the promising protection of the zeolitic shell around the catalyst.

_____________________________________________________________ Different catalysts based on Y-zeolite, ZSM-5 and amorphous kaolin were prepared and characterized. The catalytic cracking of 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene (1,3,5-TIPB), 1,4diisopropylbenzene (1,4-DIPB) and n-dodecane were used to investigate the effect of catalyst nature on the catalytic performance. Cracking the largest molecule (1,3,5...

We studied the effects of catalyst introduction methods using poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers on the nickel patterning of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM)-coated substrates. Three different approaches to palladium catalyst introduction using microcontact printing as the patterning technique were utilized and compared. The catalyst introduction methods are (1) direct catalyst stamping, (2) d...

Aqueous phase reforming (APR) of biomass derived feedstock producing hydrogen was reviewed. The APR process was discussed based on different feedstock categories such as sugars, polyols and ethanol. The mechanism of APR was analyzed referring to different structures of feedstock. The reaction pathways of APR were investigated. The usage of catalysts should be judged by feedstock on the requirem...

Nitroderivatives are transformed to cyclohexylanilines at room temperature in good yields and selectivity via a hydrogenation-amine coupling cascade reaction using Pd nanoparticles on carbon as a catalyst and a Brönsted acid.

Efficient and continuous monoacylation of symmetrical diamines performed in microreactors yielded superior selectivity to that predicted by statistical considerations. It is highly valuable that the kinetically controlled product in high yields was achieved without any special catalyst at ambient temperature.