<?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%">Kamble, Paresh A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinod, C. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rathod, Virendra K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kantam, Mannepalli Lakshmi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrogenation of levulinic acid to gamma-valerolactone over nickel supported organoclay catalyst</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalysis Today</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">?-Valerolactone (GVL)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bentonite</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrogenation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Levulinic acid (LA)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nickel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">organoclay</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN </style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">408</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36-49</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	In this work, a series of Ni/Organoclay catalysts with different Nickel loadings were prepared by the wetimpregnation method for the catalytic hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to gamma-valerolactone (GVL). Reaction parameters such as reaction temperature, pressure, solvent effect, and wt% of catalyst were optimized to get excellent conversion of levulinic acid selectively to gamma-valerolactone. Ni/Organoclay with 30% Nickel loading exhibited 100% conversion of LA with 100% selectivity towards GVL at 140 degrees C and 3.0 MPa H2 pressure using 1,4-dioxane as a solvent in 5 h. Different bulk and surface characterization techniques such as XRD, BET, FE-SEM, HR-TEM, XPS, XRF, NH3-TPD, and H2-Chemisorption were used to characterize the Ni/Organoclay catalyst. BET and NH3-TPD analysis showed that the pre-treatment of bentonite with surfactant (CTAB) improved the pore volume, surface area, and acidity of Organoclay which assisted in improving the conversion and selectivity of LA and GVL respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Nickel supported on organoclay prepared by the impregnation method provides excellent catalytic activity for the hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. The relative amount of metal and acidic sites influences the hydrogenation reaction. Additionally, by varying the temperature and the H-2 pressure, we can regulate the interaction of furfural with the active sites. And this may decide the fate of the reaction whether it will undergo a two-step hydrogenation to form tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol or a rearrangement reaction to form cyclopentanone/cyclopentanol. Water was found to be the best solvent for the selective formation of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. Even though alcohols inhibited rearrangement reaction, the hydrogenation of furfural was more selective towards furfuryl alcohol. Ni/O-clay30A under the optimum conditions of 120 degrees C, 4.0 MPa, and in 1 h offered complete conversion of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.&lt;/p&gt;
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