The active use of transition metal phosphides in catalysis commenced at the beginning of
the 2000s primarily in hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation reactions. Owing to an …

The study of metal phosphide catalysts for organic synthesis is rare. We present, for the first
time, a well-defined nano-cobalt phosphide (nano-Co2P) that can serve as a new class of …

The hydrodeoxygenation of cresols (m-cresol, p-cresol and o-cresol) over Ni 2 P/SiO 2 was
carried out between 250 and 340° C under high hydrogen pressure (between 1.6 and 3.2 …

Butadiene is an important monomer for rubbery and hard polymeric materials, and it can be
produced efficiently from biomass-derived tetrahydrofuran (THF) using solid-acid zeolite …

Identifying individual reactive intermediates within the “zoo” of organometallic species that
form on catalytic surfaces during reactions is a long-standing challenge in heterogeneous …

A well-characterized Re-MoO x/TiO 2 catalyst was used to investigate the reaction sequence
involved during the hydrodeoxygenation of anisole in a batch reactor by varying the initial …

We show that cyclic ethers, such 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF), can undergo
dehydration to produce pentadienes over SiO2/Al2O3. The catalyst exhibited reversible …

C–O hydrogenolysis can upgrade biomass to higher value chemicals, but often requires the
selective activation of sterically hindered C–O bonds. Previous work examining C–O …

Traditionally, copper chromite has been used in furfural hydrogenation to obtain valuable
products, like furfuryl alcohol. However, the presence of Cr poses serious environmental …

In this paper, we have developed a new strategy to construct the acidic sites on the surface
of supported transition-metal phosphide catalysts, which could precisely control the …