title: Molybdenum carbide as an efficient catalyst for low-temperature hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate.
abstract: Silica-supported molybdenum carbide (Mo2C/SiO2) is found to be a highly active, selective and stable catalyst for the hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethanol at low temperatures (473 K). Moreover, the formation of ethanol over the Mo2C catalyst performs via the novel intermediate methyl acetate instead of ethylene glycol forming over the Cu catalyst.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, China. chenjg@sxicc.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yanting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Jiaqiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jicheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Kefeng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fanhua
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Haicheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiangang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006865:Hydrogenation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D010070:Oxalates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010070:Oxalates; C574181:molybdenum carbide; D000431:Ethanol; D003300:Copper; D008982:Molybdenum