Linhao Yu,Hong Chen,Zhe Wen,Mengmeng Jin,Zewei Ma,Xueli Ma,Yushuai Sang,Mengmeng Chen,Yongdan Li
Selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2, 5-diformylfuran (DFF) with molecular oxygen is realized with an α-MnO 2 catalyst under mild conditions. In this work, α-MnO 2 exhibited the best performance among the samples examined. Meanwhile, solvent shows a significant effect on the product selectivity and isopropanol is found good for improving the selectivity of DFF. 93.2 % conversion of HMF was achieved at 140 °C for 4 h with 84.3 % selectivity of DFF. Moreover, α-MnO 2 catalyst keeps good reusability in recycling for five times. The reaction pathway indicated that the lattice oxygen species on α-MnO 2 is involved in the selective oxidation of hydroxyl group in HMF molecule.
In this study, a series of La-α-MnO 2 catalysts with different La doping amounts were prepared by hydrothermal method. It was found that the introduction of La could reduce the crystallinity of α-MnO 2 and increase the specific surface area of the catalyst. Furthermore, La doping can significantly weaken the Mn–O bond, increase the surface Mn 3+ and O ads content, and enhance the oxygen mobility and low-temperature reducibility. The catalytic results indicated that La doping could significantly improve the catalytic oxidation performance of toluene, and 1%La-α-MnO 2 catalyst exhibited the best catalytic activity for toluene oxidation. The toluene conversion rate reaches 90% when the reaction temperature is only 215 °C. In addition, 1%La-α-MnO 2 catalyst presented good stability and repeatability during 50 h durability test under water vapor.