<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hashim, Luqman H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halilu, Ahmed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sudarsanam, Putla</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Umar, Yahaya Balarabe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bin Johan, Mohd Rafie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhargava, Suresh K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bifunctional rice husk-derived SiO2-Cu-Al-Mg nanohybrid catalyst for one-pot conversion of biomass-derived furfural to furfuryl acetate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fuel</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acid-redox sites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bifunctional catalyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bio-oil upgrading</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">One-pot furfural conversion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rice husk silica</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">275</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">117953</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Developing one-pot reaction methodologies, which typically require multifunctional catalyst systems, is crucial for sustainable production of bio-derived fuels and chemicals. This work reports one-pot hydrogenation-esterification of furfural to furfuryl acetate using a bifunctional metal-based nanohybrid catalyst, composed of rice husk (RH) derived SiO2, Cu, Al, and Mg species (RHSiO2-Cu-Al-Mg). For comparison, the catalytic efficiency of RHSiO2-Cu and RHSiO2-Cu-Al were tested under similar reaction conditions. Various analytical techniques were used to elucidate the physicochemical, textural, and acid-redox properties of the catalysts. It was found that the RHSiO2-Cu-Al-Mg catalyst contains an optimum amount of acid and redox sites, as illustrated by NH3-TPD and H-2-TPR studies, respectively. Especially, Mg addition played a vital role in tailoring acidity of the RHSiO2-Cu-Al catalyst to promote in-situ esterification of furfuryl alcohol with acetic acid to yield furfuryl acetate. As a result, the RHSiO2-Cu-Al-Mg catalyst exhibited the best performance in one-pot conversion of furfural to furfuryl acetate, outperforming various noble metal/silica based catalysts. This study offers potential opportunities for the rational design of novel, bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for efficient production of bio-derived fuels and value added chemicals.&lt;/p&gt;
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</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, Bolla Govinda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sudarsanam, Putla</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, Tumula Venkateshwar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amin, Mohamad Hassan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bhargava, Suresh K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reddy, Benjaram M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Highly dispersed MnOx nanoparticles on shape-controlled SiO2 spheres for ecofriendly selective allylic oxidation of cyclohexene</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalysis Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cyclohexene oxidation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MnOx nanoparticles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shape-controlled catalyst</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SiO2 nanospheres</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Structure-performance relationship</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synergetic interaction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">150</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3023-3035</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Shape-controlled metal nanomaterials are considered as a unique class of catalysts because of their synergistic size- and shape-dependent catalytic properties. This work reports the synthesis of a novel size- and shape-controlled catalyst, consisting of highly dispersed MnOx nanoparticles (average particle size of 4.5 nm) on shape-controlled SiO2 nanospheres (250-300 nm) for selective cyclohexene oxidation using air as the oxidant under solvent- and base-free conditions. The MnOx/SiO2 catalyst exhibited an excellent cyclohexene conversion (92%) with a high selectivity (96%) to the allylic products (2-cyclohexene-ol and 2-cyclohexene-one) under mild conditions, outperforming various SiO2 supported CoOx, FeOx, and CuOx catalysts. The better performance of shape-controlled MnOx/SiO2 nanocatalyst is due to high redox nature of Mn, uniform dispersion of smaller sized MnOx nanoparticles, and synergetic interaction between MnOx and SiO2 spheres, as evidenced by XPS and TEM studies. Further, the MnOx/SiO2 catalyst could be reused at least 5 times for selective cyclohexene oxidation with a negligible loss in its catalytic performance, indicating the excellent stability of shape-controlled metal nanocatalysts in organic synthesis under economically viable and mild conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
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