Conversion of Diols By Dehydrogenation and Dehydration Reactions on Bifunctional Cu-Based Oxides

TORRESI, PABLO ANTONIO; DÍEZ, VERÓNICA KARINA; LUGGREN, PABLO JORGE; DI COSIMO, JUANA ISABEL

PITTSBURGH

Congreso; 24th North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society; 2015

North American Catalysis Society

Bifunctional Cu-Mg-Al catalysts efficiently promote the 1,3-butanediol upgrading by dehydrogenation and dehydration reactions toward valuable oxygenates without supply of H2. Cu-Mg-Al with high copper content are the most promising materials because of their high activity (large number of surface Cu0 sites) and high selectivity toward valuable multifunctional oxygenates like hydroxyketone.