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As a renewable resource, biomass can be transformed into liquid fuels and chemicals. Hydrogenation of levulinic acid and its ester to γ-valerolactone is one of the effective way in biomass conversion. In this manuscript, the magnetically recoverable iron-doped molybdenum carbides were prepared by using ionic liquids as all-in-one precursors and characterized by XRD, XPS, TEM and H2 chemical adsorption. Due to a strong interaction between Fe and Mo2C, Fe–Mo2C-1:18, preparing by using the precursor with the metal to carbon ratio of 1:18, showed an excellent catalytic performance in the hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate, and the conversion of ethyl levulinate can achieve 100% and the selectivity of γ-valerolactone can also reach 95.9% under the optimized reaction conditions. At the same time, Fe–Mo2C-1:18 showed favorable catalytic applicability for different substrates and its catalytic activity decreased slightly after three cycles.
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We are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676074), Basic research expenditure of universities and colleges in Heilongjiang Province (special fund of Heilongjiang University) (HDJCCX-201615), Harbin program of International S&T cooperation (2016AE4AE003, 2016RAXXJ014) and National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFE0108800) for the financial supporter.
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Feng, X., Tian, Y., Xiao, L. et al. Fe–Mo2C: A Magnetically Recoverable Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Ethyl Levulinate Into γ-Valerolactone. Catal Lett 150, 2027–2037 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03124-z
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