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Cyclohexanone is an important intermediate in the manufacture of polyamides in chemical industry, but direct selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone under mild conditions is a challenge. Hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone has been investigated in the presence of the composite catalytic system of Pd/C-heteropoly acid. 100% conversion of phenol and 93.6% selectivity of cyclohexanone were achieved within 3 h under 80 °C and 1.0 MPa hydrogen pressure. It has been found that a synergetic effect of Pd/C and heteropoly acid enhanced the catalytic performance of the composite catalytic system which suppressed the hydrogenation of cyclohexanone to cyclohexanol.
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; Han, Jing 1 ; Wu, Qiong 1 ; Bian Bing 2 ; Lu, Li 1 ; Yu Shitao 1 ; Song, Jie 3 ; Zhang, Cong 1 ; Ragauskas, Arthur J 4 1 Qingdao University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao, China (GRID:grid.412610.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2229 7077)
2 Shandong University of Science and Technology, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Qingdao, China (GRID:grid.412508.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 1799 3811)
3 University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flint, USA (GRID:grid.48950.30) (ISNI:0000 0000 9134 5741)
4 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Knoxville, USA (GRID:grid.411461.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2315 1184)





