ACS Catalysis p. 874 - 883 (2015)
Update date:2022-08-11
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Sun, Ruiyan
Wang, Tingting
Zheng, Mingyuan
Deng, Weiqiao
Pang, Jifeng
Wang, Aiqin
Wang, Xiaodong
Zhang, Tao
Using cellulosic biomass to synthesize bulk quantities of high-value chemicals is of great interest for developing a sustainable biobased society. Especially, direct catalytic conversion of cellulose to glycols, important building blocks for polymers, remains a grand challenge. Herein, we report the development of a versatile binary nickel-lanthanum(III) catalyst for the conversion of cellulose to both ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (1,2-PG) in a yield of 63.7%, which is one of the best performances reported for this catalytic reaction. Especially, lanthanum(III) exhibited a high level of activity toward the degradation of cellulose (TON = 339) at a very low concentration (0.2 mmol/L). On the basis of density functional theory calculations and experimental analyses, we addressed a dual route for this catalytic mechanism: a major route involving the selective cracking of sugars into C2 molecules and a minor route involving the hydrogenolysis of sugar alcohols. Lanthanum(III) catalyzes the cleavage of the C2-C3 bond in glucose via sequential epimerization and 2,3-hydride shift reactions to form glycolaldehyde, the precursor of EG.
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