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Production of Phenol and Cresol from Guaiacol on Nickel Phosphide Catalysts Supported on Acidic Supports

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Partial hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of bio-oil derived from the pyrolysis of lignin can yield higher value added products, such as phenol derivatives. The HDO of 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol) was studied over nickel phosphide (Ni2P) supported on various acidic substrates. The substrates were the microporous zeolite ZSM-5, a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) support consisting of USY zeolite embedded in a silica–alumina matrix, and an amorphous silica–alumina (ASA) material. Guaiacol was used as reactant because it is a good model compound for species derived from the lignin portion of biomass. The order of activity was Ni2P/ASA > Ni2P/FCC > Ni2P/ZSM-5. Contact time measurements indicated that the main pathway on Ni2P/ASA, the most active catalyst, was conversion of guaiacol to the primary intermediate catechol, which was then dehydroxylated to phenol.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 26289301, the National Science Foundation under Grant CHE-1361842 and the US Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG02-96ER14669. The XAFS experiments were conducted under approval of PF-PAC (Project No. 2012G655).

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  1. Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    S. Ted Oyama, Tatsuki Onkawa, Atsushi Takagaki & Ryuji Kikuchi

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    S. Ted Oyama

  3. Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan

    Yoshizo Suzuki

  4. Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan

    Sou Hosokai & Kyoko K. Bando

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Ted Oyama, S., Onkawa, T., Takagaki, A. et al. Production of Phenol and Cresol from Guaiacol on Nickel Phosphide Catalysts Supported on Acidic Supports. Top Catal 58, 201–210 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-015-0361-5

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