Recent Advances on Metal-Organic Framework-Based Catalysts for Selective Furfural Hydrogenation
Furfural as an important biomass-derived platform molecule can be selectively hydrogenated over aldehyde group into other chemicals under the assistance of catalysts.Metal-organic framework(MOF)is a kind of crystalline porous material with periodic networks assembled by metal centers/clusters and ligands,which is often used as carrier and sources or directly used as catalyst for furfural hydrogenation with high performance.This paper summarizes design principle of MOF-based catalysts and research progress in selective furfural hydrogenation,and the critical factors and mechanisms for the reactions are analyzed.Challenges for MOF-based catalysts in hydrogenation are also analyzed and the effective acidic site regulation is a key issue,providing a reference for future synthesis of MOF-based catalysts and their furfural hydrogenation applications.