Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furan-2-ylmethanol over Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks-67-Templated Magnetic Cu–Co/C

Abstract Highly selective hydrogenation of furfural to furan-2-ylmethanol (FM) in isopropanol was achieved over a novel magnetic Cu–Co/C derived from zeolitic imidazolate frameworks prepared by galvanic replacement reaction. Furfural conversion and FM selectivity (FMS) are 100% and 97.2%, respectively, at 200 °C. FMS was held around 95% after 5-times recycle of the Cu–Co/C. In addition, cinnamaldehyde was completely converted with 96.8% of phenylpropanol selectivity over the Cu–Co/C at 150 °C. Graphic Abstract