title: Selective hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived oxygenates to unsaturated hydrocarbons using molybdenum carbide catalysts.
abstract: Which cleavage do you prefer? With a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, surface science studies, and reactor evaluations, Mo(2)C is identified as a highly selective HDO catalyst to selectively convert biomass-derived oxygenates to unsaturated hydrocarbons through selective C-O bond scissions without C-C bond cleavage. This provides high-value HDO products for utilization as feedstocks for chemicals and fuels; this also reduces the overall consumption of H2 .
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Weiting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salciccioli
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Dionisios G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Vlachos
authors.forename: Jingguang G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry; D018533:Biomass; D002384:Catalysis; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; C574181:molybdenum carbide; D006859:Hydrogen; D008982:Molybdenum; C005556:propionaldehyde; D010100:Oxygen