Transforming the chemoselective behaviour of bimetallic Ni-based

catalysts in hydroconversion of biomass-derived oxygenated

compounds

R. RODIANSONO,1,2 M.D. ASTUTI,2 S. SHIMAZU3

1
Division Catalysis for Energy and Environment (CATRe), Wetland-based Material (WBM) Research Centre,
Lambung Mangkurat University
2
Department of Chemistry, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan Indonesia 70713.
Telp./Fax.: +62-511-477 3112. E-mail: rodiansono@ulm.ac.id
3
Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33
Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522 Japan. Telp./Fax. +81 43 290 3379. E-mail: shimazu@faculty.chiba-u.jp

ABSTRACT
Bimetallic nickel-based catalysts have attracted extensive attention due to their tunable to control
the (chemo) selective properties and widely applied for the hydroconversion of biomass-derived
oxygenated compounds into high value chemical platforms and fuels.1 There are two common
approaches for the control of chemoselective behaviour of Ni-based catalysts; first, diluting metallic
Ni by addition of the second electropositive metals, and second, dispersing on the supports which
has strong interaction with the metallic Ni.2 Herein, we describe our works on the development of
synthetic procedure bimetallic Ni-based catalysts both bulk and supported under mild conditions
and application for a) chemoselective hydrogenation of unsaturated ketones and aldehydes, b)
hydroconversion of C5-furans to bio-based pentanediols, and c) hydroconversion of carboxylic
acids into high added-value chemicals. This synthetic method offers easy process, cost-effective,
and eco-friendly procedure. Ni-Sn alloy catalysts were successfully synthesized from two types Ni
sources. First, from NiCl2·6H2O and SnCl2·2H2O via a hydrothermal treatment at 423 K for 24 h
followed by H2 treatment at 673 K for 1 h. The catalysts that consisted of Ni3Sn2 and Ni3Sn as the
major alloy phases dispersed on TiO2 allowed a remarkably chemoselective hydrogenation of
unsaturated ketones and aldehydes to corresponding unsaturated alcohols,3 one-pot conversion of
C5-furans to 1,4-pentanediol.4 Second, from Raney Ni/AlOH and the second metals of SnCl2·2H2O,
InCl3·4H2O, CoCl2·2H2O, and FeCl3·6H2O produced Ni-M(x)/AlOH; M = Sn, In, Co or Fe; x =
Ni/M ratio). Both Ni-Sn(x)/AlOH and Ni-In(x)/AlOH demonstrated a high activity and selectivity
in hydrogenation of furfural and various unsaturated carbonyl compounds,5 and one-pot conversion
of furfural to cyclopentanone/cyclopentanol.6 The structure-activity relationship based on the
spectroscopic studies using XRD, TEM, XANES, in-situ FTIR, NH3-TPD, N2- and H2-adsorption,
and kinetic reaction studies are discussed systematically.

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