Photocatalytic reductive coupling of furfural into deoxyfuroin on mesoporous TiO2

Beibei Gao; Shuxian Wang; Min Liu; Jialing Ma; Tianliang Lu; Hongji Li

doi:10.1039/D4CC06100D

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Photocatalytic reductive coupling of furfural into deoxyfuroin on mesoporous TiO₂†

Beibei Gao,

^a Shuxian Wang,^a Min Liu,^b Jialing Ma,^a Tianliang Lu

*^b and Hongji Li

*^a

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^a College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
E-mail: hongjili@zzu.edu.cn

^b School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
E-mail: lutianliang@zzu.edu.cn

Abstract

The two-step photocatalytic transformation of furfural into deoxyfuroin was achieved via the initial homocoupling of furfural into furoin over mesoporous TiO₂, followed by photocatalytic transfer hydrogenolysis of C–OH of furoin over the Cu/TiO₂ hybrid system.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06100D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 16 nov. 2024
Accepted: 13 déc. 2024
First published: 17 déc. 2024

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Photocatalytic reductive coupling of furfural into deoxyfuroin on mesoporous TiO₂

B. Gao, S. Wang, M. Liu, J. Ma, T. Lu and H. Li, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4CC06100D

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