Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural stand out as bridges connecting biomass raw materials
to the biorefinery industry. Their reductive transformations by hydroconversion are key …

Furfural has been considered as one of the most promising platform molecules directly
derived from biomass. The hydrogenation of furfural is one of the most versatile reactions to …

Hydrogenation, hydrodeoxygenation and ring opening of biomass-derived furfural were
studied by using Pd/C, Pt/C, Re/C, Ru/C, Rh/C, Ni/C and Cu/C catalysts. Based on …

Mono-functional catalytic materials are used for many types of chemical transformations, but
are tedious for delivering products from multiple-step reactions required for the valorization …

Due to its deterrence of high-pressure fossil-derived H 2 and possible reduction in process
costs, catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) has subsequently risen to prominence as a …

TiO 2-based materials have been extensively studied and explored in the field of catalysis.
However, pristine TiO 2 exhibits a wide energy band gap and fast charge recombination …

A range of Pt: Cu bimetallic nanoparticles were investigated for the liquid-phase selective
hydrogenation of furfural, an important platform biomass feedstock. Alloying of the two …

The selective hydrogenation of furfural at ambient temperature has been investigated using
a Pd/TiO2 catalyst. The effect of the solvent was studied and high activity and selectivity to 2 …

Three commercial aluminas (γ-Al 2 O 3) have been evaluated as inexpensive catalysts in
the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reaction to reduce furfural (FUR) to furfuryl alcohol …

Designing efficient and facile recoverable catalysts is desired for sustainable biomass
valorization. This work reports the one-pot synthesis of a novel magnetic Fe (NiFe) O4–SiO2 …