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Selective hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over a Rh-loaded carbon catalyst in aqueous solution under mild conditions

Babasaheb M. Matsagar, Chang-Yen Hsu, Season S. Chen, Tansir Ahamad, Saad M. Alshehri, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Kevin C.‐W. Wu

Sustainable Energy & Fuels · 2019 · 74 citations · 58 references

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Abstract

We describe the selective hydrogenation of furfural (FAL) into tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) under mild conditions (30 °C) in aqueous media using a Rh-loaded carbon (Rh/C) catalyst in a one-pot fashion.

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