Hydrogenation/Deoxygenation (H/D) Reaction of Furfural-Acetone Condensation Product using Ni/Al2O3-ZrO2 Catalyst

Adam Mahfud (Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Brawijaya University)
Siti Mariyah Ulfa (Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Brawijaya University)
Edi Priyo Utomo (Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Brawijaya University)

The Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research
Vol 5, No 2 (2016)

The catalytic hydrogenation/deoxygenation (H/D) reaction was carried out using Ni/Al2O3-ZrO2 catalyst. The 10% (wt/wt) of Ni were impregnated on Al2O3-ZrO2 (10NiAZ) by wet impregnation method followed by calcination and reduction. X-Ray diffraction analysis showed that Nideposited on the surface, with specific surface areas (SBET) was 48.616 m2/g. Catalyst performance were evaluated for H/D reaction over furfural-acetone condensation products, mixture of 2-(4-furyl)-3-buten-2-on and 1,5-bis-(furan-2-yl)-pentan-3-one. The reaction was carried out in a batch, performed at 150°C for 8 hours. The H/D reaction gave alkane derivatives C8 and C10 by hydrogenation process followed by ring opening of furan in 15.2% yield. While, oxygenated product C10-C13 were also detected in 17.2% yield. The increasing of pore volume of 10NiAZ might enhance catalyst activity over H/D reaction. The alkene C=C bond was easy to hydrogenated under this condition by the lower bond energy gap.