Hydrogenation of Furfuryl Alcohol with Skeleton Nickel Catalyst of High Activity and Selectivity

Two skeleton nickel catalysts A and B were prepared at 50 ℃ and 90 ℃ respectively and hydrogenation of furfuryl alcohol to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol(THFA) was studied with the catalysts under different reaction conditions.THFA was obtained with 99.56% selectivity in 99.41% yield at 60 ℃and 7 MPa pressure with catalyst A(4 g/100 mL).With catalyst B(4 g/100 mL),at 60 ℃ and 5 MPa pressure,the selectivity and yield of THFA were both nearly 100.00%.