METHOD OF PRODUCING TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVES BY HYDROGENATION OF FURANS

摘要

In the disclosed novel technique for producing, by hydrogenation of furans, tetrahydrofuran derivatives, which are hydrogenated products produced by hydrogenation of the starting materials furfural or furfuryl alcohol. The method of producing the aforementioned hydrogenated products involves a step of using furfural or furfuryl alcohol, a supported palladium catalyst and hydrogen, with carbon dioxide optionally added to these, in a hydrogenation reaction with water as a solvent to produce tetrahydrofuran derivatives, the hydrogenated products. The disclosed novel technique for producing industrially important tetrahydrofuran derivatives such as furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol makes it possible to efficiently produce said tetrahydrofuran derivatives with an environmentally friendly process.