Dongdong Wang, M. Al‐Mamun, Wanbing Gong
Jan 5, 2021
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Nano Research
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The cyclopentanone and derivatives are a class of crucial fine chemicals for various industries and currently produced by conventional petrochemical synthetic routes. Here, we demonstrated a new synthetic approach to directly fabricate N-doped carbon nanotube (N-CNTs) networks with confined Co nanoparticles from Co 2+ -impregnated bulk g-C 3 N 4 as high performance hydrogenation rearrangement (HR) catalyst to efficiently convert a wide spectrum of biomass-derived furanic aldehydes to the corresponding cyclopentanones in water under a record-low H 2 pressure of 0.5 MPa and mild temperature. We unveiled a Co-catalysed bulk g-C 3 N 4 decomposition/carbonisation CNTs formation mechanism. A new HR pathway was also unveiled.