@article{14a0602f6941412aa2d7930cc0cf0fd3,
title = "Direct hydrogenolysis of glycerol into 1,3-propanediol over rhenium-modified iridium catalyst",
abstract = "Rhenium-oxide-modified supported iridium nanoparticles on silica catalyzes direct hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol in an aqueous media. The selectivity to 1,3-propanediol at an initial stage reaches 67 ± 3%. The yield of 1,3-propanediol reaches 38% at 81% conversion of glycerol. The characterization of catalyst and the reactivity of alcohols suggest that 1,3-propanediol is produced by the attack of active hydrogen species on iridium metal to 1-glyceride species formed on the oxidized rhenium cluster.",
keywords = "Biorefinery, Glycerol, Hydrogenolysis, Iridium, Rhenium oxide",
author = "Yoshinao Nakagawa and Yasunori Shinmi and Shuichi Koso and Keiichi Tomishige",
note = "Funding Information: This work was in part supported by the Industrial Technology Research Grant Program (No. 08B40001c ) of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan and World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative on Materials Nanoarchitectonics, MEXT. We appreciate Dr. Tokushi Kizuka for TEM observation of the catalyst. ",
year = "2010",
month = jun,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.jcat.2010.04.009",
language = "English",
volume = "272",
pages = "191--194",
journal = "Journal of Catalysis",
issn = "0021-9517",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "2",
}