5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Furfural Base-Free Oxidation over AuPd Embedded Bimetallic Nanoparticles
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Camila P. Ferraz 1,2, Natalia J. S. Costa 1, Erico Teixeira-Neto 3, Ângela A. Teixeira-Neto 3, Cleber W. Liria 4, Joëlle Thuriot-Roukos 2, M. Teresa Machini 4
, Rénato Froidevaux 5, 
Franck Dumeignil 2, Liane M. Rossi 1 and Robert Wojcieszak 2,*
Camila P. Ferraz 1,2, Natalia J. S. Costa 1, Erico Teixeira-Neto 3, Ângela A. Teixeira-Neto 3, Cleber W. Liria 4, Joëlle Thuriot-Roukos 2, M. Teresa Machini 4, Rénato Froidevaux 5, Franck Dumeignil 2, Liane M. Rossi 1 and Robert Wojcieszak 2,*
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Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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Univ.Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ.Artois, UMR 8181—UCCS—Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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Laboratório de Microscopia Eletrônica, LNNano-CNPEM, C.P. 6192, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
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Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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Univ.Lille, INRA, ISA, University Artois, Univ.Littoral Côte d’Opale, EA 7394—ICV—Institute Charles Viollette, F-59000 Lille, France
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Catalysts 2020, 10(1), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10010075
Received: 4 December 2019 / Revised: 30 December 2019 / Accepted: 2 January 2020 / Published: 4 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Catalytic Transformation of Renewables (Olefin, Bio-sourced, et. al))
The heterogeneous catalytic partial oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes in the liquid phase usually needs the addition of a homogeneous base, which in turn makes the products’ recovery cumbersome, and can further induce undesired side reactions. In the present work, we propose the use of novel catalysts based on metallic Au, Pd and bimetallic AuPd nanoparticles embedded in a titanosilicate matrix. The as-prepared catalysts showed good efficiency in the base-free partial oxidation of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Au4Pd1@SiTi catalyst showed high selectivity (78%) to monoacids (namely, 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid) at 50% 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) conversion. The selectivity even reached 83% in the case of furfural oxidation to furoic acid (at 50% furfural conversion). The performances of the catalysts strongly depended on the Au–Pd ratio, with an optimal value of 4:1. The pH of the solution was always below 3.5 and no leaching of metals was observed, confirming the stabilization of the metal nanoparticles within the titanosilicate host matrix.
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P. Ferraz, C.; Costa, N.J.S.; Teixeira-Neto, E.; Teixeira-Neto, Â.A.; Liria, C.W.; Thuriot-Roukos, J.; Machini, M.T.; Froidevaux, R.; Dumeignil, F.; Rossi, L.M.; Wojcieszak, R. 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Furfural Base-Free Oxidation over AuPd Embedded Bimetallic Nanoparticles. Catalysts 2020, 10, 75.
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