Issue 4, 2014
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Green Chemistry

Selective production of cyclohexanol and methanol from guaiacol over Ru catalyst combined with MgO

Yoshinao Nakagawa,*a   Momoko Ishikawa,a   Masazumi Tamuraa  and  Keiichi Tomishige*a  

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a Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-07 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
E-mail: yoshinao@erec.che.tohoku.ac.jp, tomi@erec.che.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

Selective demethoxylation from aqueous guaiacol proceeded over Ru catalysts at relatively lower temperatures (≤433 K). Addition of MgO to the reaction media suppressed the unselective C–O dissociation. Cyclohexanol and methanol were obtained in high yield (>80%). A reaction route is proposed where partially hydrogenated guaiacol is decomposed into methanol and phenol, which is further hydrogenated to cyclohexanol.

Graphical abstract: Selective production of cyclohexanol and methanol from guaiacol over Ru catalyst combined with MgO

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC42322K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Nov 2013
Accepted
06 Jan 2014
First published
07 Jan 2014

Green Chem., 2014,16, 2197-2203

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Selective production of cyclohexanol and methanol from guaiacol over Ru catalyst combined with MgO

Y. Nakagawa, M. Ishikawa, M. Tamura and K. Tomishige, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 2197 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42322K

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