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Efficient reductive etherification of furfural into furfuryl ethyl ether on Pd/Nb2O5 nanomaterials

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Furfuryl ethyl ether (FEE), an important gasoline additive, is synthesized by a one-step reductive etherification of furfural (FF) by Nb2O5 nanowires loaded with Pd as catalysts. Compared with other materials, the catalyst had a suitable synergistic effect between the reductive sites Pd0 and the acidic sites of Nb2O5 nanowires, effectively improving the yield of FEE. In ethanol, at 453 K and under 1 MPa H2 pressure, the catalyst 1.0 wt% Pd/Nb2O5 showed excellent catalytic performance in the reductive etherification reaction, and the yield of FEE reached 87.7%, higher than Pd/C whose yield was 81%. This result showed a feasible way to simplify the FEE preparation process, thus reducing production costs.

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The research was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21802008) and the Nature Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (19KJB530004), Jiangsu Province.

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    Zhenwei Zhang, **aoshi Ma, Chuanjun Yue, Xuejiao Wei & Baoliang Liu

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Zhang, Z., Ma, X., Yue, C. et al. Efficient reductive etherification of furfural into furfuryl ethyl ether on Pd/Nb2O5 nanomaterials. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 135, 1541–1552 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-022-02203-z

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