Rational Engineering of Brønsted Acid Sites for Product-Specific and Accelerated Furfurylamine Formation | Synapse
April 19, 2026
Rational Engineering of Brønsted Acid Sites for Product-Specific and Accelerated Furfurylamine Formation
Key Points
This research aims to design and develop catalysts with optimized Brønsted acid sites for improved furfurylamine synthesis.
Developed Ru/DZ catalyst with high Ru dispersion and strong Brønsted acidity.
Conducted experiments on reductive amination reactions.
Compared product yields with different acidic site configurations.
Achieved selective production of furfurylamine.
Observed increased reaction rates due to optimized acid sites.
Demonstrated enhanced catalytic performance over conventional catalysts.
Abstract
A Ru supported on modified H-ZSM-5 (Ru/DZ) with high dispersion of Ru and strong Brønsted acidic sites has been developed for the selective production of furfurylamine (FUA) via reductive amination...