5-Amino-1-pentanol is an important pharmaceutical intermediate used in the synthesis of anti-inflammatory and anticancer drugs. The direct hydrogenolysis of furfurylamine to 5-amino-1-pentanol has the advantages of a simple process route and high atom utilization. In this paper, for Pt/ZrO2 catalysts, the effects of different Pt loading and calcination temperatures on catalyst activity, selectivity, and surface properties such as Pt nanoparticle size, acidity and alkalinity, and the ratio of Pt0/(Pt0+Pt2+) were investigated. Through the study of the relationship between catalyst preparation conditions, furfurylamine hydrogenolysis reaction performance, and surface properties, it was found that moderate Pt nanoparticle size, higher Pt0/(Pt0+Pt2+) ratio, and more acidic sites favored furfurylamine hydrogenolysis. The higher number of basic sites favors the dispersion of Pt metal. The results of in situ FTIR show that the amino group of furfurylamine is adsorbed on the acidic site of Pt/ZrO2, and the furan ring is adsorbed on Pt nanoparticles, which is beneficial to the hydrogenolysis of furfurylamine.
Shuxing Zhang,Jiali Zheng,Zhihui Li,Xiaoshu Ding,Yanji Wang
Herein, we reported a green catalytic reaction system for the synthesis of 5-amino-1-pentanol with furfural and ionic liquid hydroxylamine salt as the initial raw material. In addition, the method can obtain 2-furonitrile and furfurylamine in high yields. The reaction system comprises three new reactions, including the reaction of furfural with ionic liquid hydroxylamine salt to synthesize 2-furonitrile, the hydrogenation of 2-furonitrile to prepare furfurylamine, and the hydrogenolysis of furfurylamine to prepare 5-amino-1-pentanol. For the synthesis of 2-furonitrile, ionic liquid hydroxylamine salt (NH 2 OH) 2 ·[HSO 3 - b - mim ]·HSO 4 was prepared. The ionic liquid as co-solvents, catalysts, and hydroxylamine stabilizer has recovery and reusability. For the hydrogenation of 2-furonitrile to furfurylamine, high-efficiency Ru/g-C 3 N 4 catalyst was prepared. For the hydrogenolysis of furfurylamine to 5-amino-1-pentanol, high-efficiency Pt/ZrO 2 catalyst was prepared. Finally, the yield of 5-amino-1-pentanol based on furfural was 48.7%. A potential pathway for preparing drugs from biomass has been identified in this work.