@article {45811,
	title = {Effect of Ru precursors and reduction conditions on catalyst performance in glycerol hydrogenolysis},
	journal = {ChemistrySelect},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2017},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {1734-1745},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Catalyst precursors, their reduction protocols and reaction conditions integrally influenced the activity and selectivity pattern in glycerol hydrogenolysis. Ru prepared from chloride precursor (Ru(Cl)/C-B) showed the maximum selectivity to C-C cleavage products EG (56 \%) and methanol (17 \%) with 23 \% selectivity to 1,2-PDO. While, that prepared from nitrosyl precursor (Ru(n)/C-B) showed higher selectivity to 1,2-PDO (44 \%) and lower to EG (42 \%). The catalysts prepared either with chloride or nitrosyl precursors but reduced by H2 showed lower glycerol conversion (10-11 \%) than NaBH4 reduced catalysts. For these catalysts, 1,2-PDO selectivity increased to 40{\textendash}43 \% along with the major formation of 2-propanol (48-49 \%) and very less selectivities to C-C cleavage products. The lower activity of the H2 reduced catalysts can be related to their lower acidity and the bigger Ru metal particle size (3-5 nm). For Ru(Cl)/C-B catalyst, glycerol conversion increased from 28{\textendash}97 \% with a rise in temperature from 180 to 250 oC also favoring 1,2-PDO selectivity; indicating that C-O bond cleavage was favoured in comparison to C-C scission, at higher temperature. },
	issn = {23656549},
	doi = {10.1002/slct.201700049},
	author = {Mane, R.B. and Patil, S.T. and Gurav, H. and Rayalu, S.S. and Rode, C.V.}
}
