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Application of zeolites for the production of biofuels and furans from hexose sugars in ethanol.
Torres-Olea, Benjamín; Pérez Merchán, Antonio Manuel; Díaz-Maizkurrena, P.; Requies, Jesús M.; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; García-Sancho, Cristina; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier, 2023-10-24)The use of zeolites as catalysts in the transformation of glucose and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) was evaluated. The behaviour of the catalysts could be explained by their morphology, ... -
Catalysts Based on Ni and Mg Oxides for the One-Pot Production of High Added-Value Products from Furfural.
Maderuelo-Solera, Rocío; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; García-Sancho, Cristina; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Wiley, 2024-03-31)A family of NiO-MgO samples with Ni/Mg molar ratio between 0.10 and 0.30 are synthesized by co-precipitation and subsequent calcination. The characterization of the samples show the formation of a solid solution with a ... -
Catalytic Activity of Mixed Al2O3-ZrO2 Oxides for Glucose Conversion into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
Torres-Olea, Benjamín; Mérida-Robles, Sandra; García-Sancho, Cristina; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús (MDPI, 2020-08-04)In the present work, a series of catalysts based on aluminum and zirconium oxides was studied for the transformation of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. These catalysts were characterized by using experimental techniques, ... -
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over calcined MgFe hydrotalcites
Maderuelo Solera, Rocío; López Asencio, Raquel; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; García-Sancho, Cristina; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier B.V., 2019-11-07)Catalytic transfer hydrogenation is an alternative catalytic approach for the reduction of carbonyl groups, instead of the use of dihydrogen gas. In this sense, a series of catalysts has been prepared by thermal treatment ... -
Effect of the treatment with H3PO4 on the catalytic activity of Nb2O5 supported on Zr-doped mesoporous silica catalyst. Case study: glycerol dehydration.
García-Sancho, Cristina; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Mérida-Robles, Josefa María; Santamaría-González, José; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Infantes-Molina, Antonia; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier B.V., 2017-09-06)We have previously demonstrated the influence of the niobium species over the glycerol dehydration reaction and how the catalyst regeneration by thermal treatment modified the catalytic performance due to the transformation ... -
Evaluation of the ZrO2/Al2O3 system as catalysts in the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to obtain furfuryl alcohol
Jiménez-Gómez, C.P.; Viar-Antuñano, N.; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Mérida-Robles, Josefa María; Requies, Jesús M.; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier, 2021)ZrO2, Al2O3 and ZrO2/Al2O3 with different Zr/Al molar ratio, have been synthesized by coprecipitation and subsequent calcination. The resulting catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, ... -
Gas-Phase Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol over Cu-ZnO-Al2O3 Catalysts Prepared from Layered Double Hydroxides
Bertolini, Guillermo R.; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús (MDPI, 2020-04-29)Several layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with general chemical composition (Cu,Zn)1-xAlx(OH)2(CO3)x/2 .. mH2O have been synthesized by the co-precipitation method, maintaining a (M2+/M3+) molar ratio of 3, and varying the ... -
Influence of Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysts in the transformation of hexoses into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural
Torres-Olea, Benjamín; Fúnez Núñez, Inmaculada; García-Sancho, Cristina; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier, 2023)Several sulfonated polymers, which are typical Brønsted acid catalysts, have been employed in the production of two biofuels: 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) and ethyl levulinate (EL) as main byproduct, and the catalytic ... -
Influence of morphology of zirconium-doped mesoporous silicas on 5-hydroxymethylfurfural production from mono-, di- and polysaccharides
Mérida Morales, Sandra; García-Sancho, Cristina; Oregui-Bengoechea, Mikel; Ginés-Molina, María José; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Arias, Pedro Luis; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (Elsevier B.V., 2020-02-21)Different zirconium-doped mesoporous silicas (Zr-KIT-6, Zr-SBA-15, Zr-MCM-41 and Zr-HMS) were synthesized and evaluated in the glucose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). A Si/Zr molar ratio of 5 was chosen for ... -
Influence of Structure-modifying Agents in the Synthesis of Zr-doped SBA-15 Silica and Their Use as Catalysts in the Furfural Hydrogenation to Obtain High Value-added Products through the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction
López-Asensio, Raquel; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; García-Sancho, Cristina; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (MDPI, 2019-02-14)Zr-doped mesoporous silicas with different textural parameters have been synthesized in the presence of structure-modifying agents, and then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ... -
Influence of the Incorporation of Basic or Amphoteric Oxides on the Performance of Cu-Based Catalysts Supported on Sepiolite in Furfural Hydrogenation
Guerrero-Torres, Antonio; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; García-Sancho, Cristina; Quirante-Sánchez, José Joaquín; Mérida-Robles, Josefa María; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (MDPI, 2019-03-31)Cu-based catalysts supported on sepiolite have been tested in vapor-phase hydrogenation of furfural. The incorporation of basic or amphoteric metal oxides (magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, or cerium oxide) improves the catalytic ... -
Mixed Oxides Derived from Hydrotalcites Mg/Al Active in the Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol
López-Asensio, Raquel; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Herrera-Delgado, María Concepción; Larrubia-Vargas, María Ángeles; García-Sancho, Cristina; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús; Moreno-Tost, Ramón[et al.] (IOAP-MDPI, 2022-12-26)Herein, a family of Mg/Al hydrotalcites was synthesized as catalytic precursors of MgAlOx mixed oxides. Both hydrotalcites and mixed oxides were characterized and the mixed oxides were tested in the reduction of furfural ... -
Oxidation of lignocellulosic platform molecules to value-added chemicals using heterogeneous catalytic technologies
Arias, Pedro Luis; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Gandarias, Iñaki; Iglesias, José; López Granados, Manuel; Mariscal, Rafael; Morales, Gabriel; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-04-10)Currently, much attention is being paid to the development of sustainable catalytic processes for the production of chemicals (biofuels, bioproducts, and so on) from lignocellulosic biomass. This minireview pursues to give ... -
Oxidative Condensation of Furfural with Ethanol Using Pd-Based Catalysts: Influence of the Support
Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; Torres-Bujalance, Virginia; García-Sancho, Cristina; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (MDPI, 2020-11-12)PdO nanoparticles were deposited on several supports (β-zeolite, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, and SiO2), which displayed different crystallinity, textural properties, and amount of acid and basic sites. These catalysts were characterized ... -
Porous SiO2 Nanospheres Modified with ZrO2 and Their Use in One- Pot Catalytic Processes to Obtain Value-Added Chemicals from Furfural
Maderuelo Solera, Rocío; Richter, Stefan; Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; García-Sancho, Cristina; García-Mateos, Francisco José; Rosas-Martínez, Juana María; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (American Chemical Society, 2021-11-26)Porous SiO2 nanospheres have been modified with different proportion of ZrO2 to obtain catalysts with Si/Zr molar ratio between 2.5 and 30. These materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron ... -
Production of Biofuels by 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Etherification Using Ion-Exchange Resins as Solid Acid Catalysts
Torres-Olea, Benjamín; Fúnez Núñez, Inmaculada; García-Sancho, Cristina; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (mdpi, 2020-11-09)In this work, acidic ion-exchange resins with strong Brönsted sulphonic groups were assessed in the catalytic etherification of the platform molecule 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) to 5-(ethoxymethyl)furfural (EMF), a ... -
Recent Advances in Mechanochemical Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Pérez Merchán, Antonio Manuel; Rodríguez Carballo, Gabriela; Torres-Olea, Benjamín; García-Sancho, Cristina; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús; Mérida-Robles, Josefa María; Moreno-Tost, Ramón[et al.] (IOAP-MPDI, 2022-08-17)Biorefineries are industrial facilities where biomass is converted into chemicals, fuels and energy. The use of lignocellulose as raw material implies the development of pretreatments to reduce its recalcitrant character ... -
Recovery of pentoses-containing olive stones for their conversion into furfural in the presence of solid acid catalysts
Fúnez Núñez, Inmaculada; García-Sancho, Cristina; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Serrano Cantador, Luis; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (2020-06-24)Olive stones were employed as feedstock for furfural production in two stages: 1) autohydrolysis of hemicellulosic fraction to recover their pentoses, mainly xylose, and 2) subsequent dehydration of pentoses into furfural. ... -
Selective Conversion of Glucose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural by Using L-Type Zeolites with Different Morphologies
Ginés-Molina, María José; Ahmad, Nur Hidayahni; Mérida-Robles, Sandra; García-Sancho, Cristina; Mintova, Svetlana; Ng, Eng-Poh; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús[et al.] (MDPI, 2019-12-16)In the present work, the morphology of L-type zeolite (LTL topology) has been modified in order to evaluate the influence of several protonated-form LTL-zeolites with different morphologies on their stability and catalytic ... -
Selective production of furan from gas-phase furfural decarbonylation on Ni-MgO catalysts.
Jiménez-Gómez, Carmen Pilar; Cecilia-Buenestado, Juan Antonio; García-Sancho, Cristina; Moreno-Tost, Ramón; Maireles-Torres, Pedro Jesús (American Chemical Society, 2019-03-13)A series of Ni-MgO catalysts (Ni/Mg molar ratio: 0.1-0.3), prepared by a coprecipitation-calcination-reduction methodology, was characterized and evaluated in the gas-phase hydrogenation of furfural. In all cases, after ...