The invention belongs to the technical field of
fine chemical engineering, and particularly relates to a carbon-coated
cobalt catalyst, a preparation method of the carbon-coated
cobalt catalyst and application of the carbon-coated
cobalt catalyst to preparation of
cyclopentanol through
furfural water-phase hydrogenation. According to the method, Co < 2 + > and an organic ligand containing an
oxygen functional group are subjected to a coordination reaction, so that hydroxyl and carboxyl are connected with Co nanoparticles to prepare an MOF precursor, and then the MOF precursor is subjected to
pyrolysis to form a Co-C structure. The obtained Co-C has the characteristics of low particle size and large specific surface area, has high hydrothermal stability, is not easy to
agglomerate, is used for catalyzing a
furfural water phase
hydrogenation reaction, can enable a main product to be
cyclopentanone and improve the conversion rate of
furfural by controlling the
pyrolysis temperature, and can directly synthesize a
cyclopentanol product with high additional value from furfural in one step. Meanwhile, the Co-C catalyst has good
cycling stability in the furfural water phase
hydrogenation reaction, has renewability, and has a wide industrial application prospect.