Highly Selective Reduction of Bio-Based Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol Catalyzed by Supported KF with Polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS)

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Entry</td><td class="align_center">Detection method</td><td class="align_center">Sample</td><td class="align_center">K (mol%)</td><td class="align_center">F (mol%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">ICP</td><td class="align_center">5 wt.% KF/ZrO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">3.58</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">ICP</td><td class="align_center">Reused 5 wt.% KF/ZrO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">3.02</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">XPS</td><td class="align_center">5 wt.% KF/ZrO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">2.99</td><td class="align_center">3.79</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4</td><td class="align_center">XPS</td><td class="align_center">Reused 5 wt.% KF/ZrO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">0.01</td><td class="align_center">0.01</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Composition of the fresh and reused catalysts detected by XPS and ICP analysis.</div>

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Table 2: Highly Selective Reduction of Bio-Based Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol Catalyzed by Supported KF with Polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) 