Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Guerbet Catalyst Effectively Differentiates between Ethanol and Butanol

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Neumann, Constanze; Rozeveld, Steven J.; Yu, Mingzhe; Rieth, Adam J.; Dincă, Mircea
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Abstract
RuNi nanoparticles supported on a metal-organic framework (RuNi@MOF) and formed in situ from a ruthenium complex enclosed inside a nickel-based MOF act as a highly active catalyst for the Guerbet reaction of ethanol to 1-butanol, providing turnover numbers up to 725 000 Ru-1. Negligible activity of the RuNi@MOF ethanol upgrading catalyst system toward chemically similar 1-butanol makes it possible to synthesize the competent Guerbet substrate 1-butanol with >99% selectivity. Keywords: Ruthenium; Nanoparticles; Ethanol; Metal organic frameworks; Catalysts; Selectivity
Date issued
2019-10
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124650
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Citation
Neumann, Constanze et al. "Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Guerbet Catalyst Effectively Differentiates between Ethanol and Butanol." Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, 44 (October 2019): 17477-17481 © 2019 American Chemical Society.
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0002-7863
1520-5126
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