Selective Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol: Manipulating the Frustrated Lewis Pairs by Introducing Gold to Pt/WOx

Abstract

Invited for this month′s cover is the group of Tao Zhang at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The image shows that Au promoter can simultaneously improve the glycerol conversion and 1,3-propanediol selectivity under relatively mild conditions, by enlarging the analogue of “Frustrated Lewis Pairs” with the assistance of H2. The Communication itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.201601503.