Transition Metal Catalysts for the Glycerol Reduction: Recent Advances

Abstract: Glycerol (GL) represents a widespread agro‐industrial waste. Its valorization is pivotal for a sustainable society because GL is a renewable compound deriving from biomass, but it has a high oxygen to carbon ratio, compared with feedstock used in the energy and chemistry sectors. Oxygen‐poor derivatives are easily and immediately transferable to the industry, avoiding a deep and pressing modification of the plants. From this perspective, keeping the carbon content but with an oxygen content reduction, we could effectively obtain the enhancement of the recovery and the use of GL converting it into attractive industrial building‐blocks. In this Review, we present and discuss the up‐to‐date results about the chemical reduction of GL into products with 3 carbon and 0, 1, or 2 oxygen atoms. The focus is on the transition metal (TM) catalysts that have made the hydrogenation reactions of GL possible, partitioning the metals into early and late, based on their position in the periodic table. This discussion will contribute to select and develop new catalysts aimed at the improvement of the yield and of the selectivity in the hydrogenation reactions of GL.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Transition Metal Catalysts for the Glycerol Reduction: Recent Advances ; day:12 ; month:01 ; year:2024 ; extent:30
ChemCatChem ; (12.01.2024) (gesamt 30)

Creator
Coccia, Francesca
d'Alessandro, Nicola
Mascitti, Andrea
Colacino, Evelina
Tonucci, Lucia

DOI
10.1002/cctc.202301672
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024011314063844975870
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Coccia, Francesca
  • d'Alessandro, Nicola
  • Mascitti, Andrea
  • Colacino, Evelina
  • Tonucci, Lucia

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