The invention discloses a Cu / Cr-based composite
metal oxide catalyst, a preparation method of the Cu / Cr-based composite
metal oxide catalyst and application of the Cu / Cr-based composite
metal oxide catalyst in preparation of 1, 2-pentanediol from
ethanol and 1, 2-
propylene glycol. The catalyst is represented as Cum1Crm2Xm3Om4, m1, m2 and m3 are respectively
molar ratios of metal Cu, Cr and X
active components, and m4 is the
chemical oxygen demand of the stoichiometric ratio. Wherein m1 is in the range of 0.1 to 10, m2 is in the range of 0.1 to 10, m3 is in the range of 0 to 5, and m4 is the
chemical oxygen demand of the stoichiometric ratio. The invention provides a new preparation
route of bio-based 1, 2-pentanediol by taking rich and cheap low-carbon
alcohol as a
raw material, and solves the problems that the price of raw materials in the existing 1, 2-pentanediol production technology is high, and the existing 1, 2-pentanediol production technology is generally complicated in process flow, relatively high in production cost, serious in equipment
corrosion and the like. According to the non-
noble metal copper /
chromium-based catalyst, efficient conversion of 1, 2-
propylene glycol under mild conditions is achieved, the selectivity of the target product 1, 2-pentanediol can reach 60% or above, and the catalyst has the advantages of being easy to prepare and low in price.