Abstract
Glycerol has become an important feedstock for chemicals. Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol has been attempted using several types of catalysts: non-noble-metal catalysts, noble-metal catalysts with an acid as an additive, noble-metal catalysts combined with a base, and metal-oxide-modified noble-metal catalysts. The former three approaches give 1,2-propanediol as a main product, while the mechanisms may be different. Only the last one can selectively give the more valuable 1,3-propanediol.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-190 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Catalysis Science and Technology |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 May |