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Ru-supported mesoporous melamine polymers as efficient catalysts for selective hydrogenation of aqueous 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis-(hydroxymethyl)furan

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A Ru-decorated porous melamine polymer is found to be an active catalyst upon selective hydrogenation of aqueous 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis-(hydroxymethyl)furan (yield > 99%) under mild (20 bar H2, 30–90 °C), base/additive free conditions. Owing to its porous structure and unique surface chemistry presenting abundant weakly basic N-sites (amine and triazine), the polymeric catalyst could outperform various benchmark Ru catalysts (viz. Ru/AC, Ru/SBA-15, Ru/Nb2O5, Ru/NbOPO4, Ru/NC, and Ru/g-C3N4) in terms of activity and desired product selectivity. The catalytic material was also found to be reusable and maintained good performance during multiple recycles under kinetic regime in batch mode. Furthermore, the polymeric catalyst also showed good performance for selective HMF hydrogenation under intensified conditions in a fixed-bed reactor achieving constant BHMF yield during 20-h steady-state operation under relatively mild conditions (70 °C, 20 bar, WHSV 0.2 h−1).

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The PRIS registration number of this publication is CSIR-CSMCRI – 13/2022. The authors also thank the Analytical Division and Centralized Instrumental Facilities of this institute for analytical support.

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    Mariappan Mani, Ganesh Govind Kadam & Lakhya Jyoti Konwar

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    Mariappan Mani, Lakhya Jyoti Konwar & Asit Baran Panda

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M. Mani: data curation, investigation, visualization, writing-original draft; G.K. Govind: investigation, data curation; A.B. Panda: supervision, writing — review and editing; L.J. Konwar: conceptualization, supervision, funding acquisition, writing — review and editing, and project administration.

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Mani, M., Kadam, G.G., Konwar, L.J. et al. Ru-supported mesoporous melamine polymers as efficient catalysts for selective hydrogenation of aqueous 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis-(hydroxymethyl)furan. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 6267–6284 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02768-8

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