@article{ART003341848},
author={Meng Qingwei and Li Xin and Zhang Wenhui and Chen Fucheng and Song Jinliang and Wang Tiejun and Qiu Chengwu},
title={Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol},
journal={Carbon Letters},
issn={1976-4251},
year={2026},
volume={36},
number={1},
pages={115-130},
doi={10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6}
TY - JOUR
AU - Meng Qingwei
AU - Li Xin
AU - Zhang Wenhui
AU - Chen Fucheng
AU - Song Jinliang
AU - Wang Tiejun
AU - Qiu Chengwu
TI - Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol
JO - Carbon Letters
PY - 2026
VL - 36
IS - 1
PB - Korean Carbon Society
SP - 115
EP - 130
SN - 1976-4251
AB - The efficient utilization of biomass resources has garnered substantial research interest as a strategic approach to mitigate reliance on fossil fuels and achieve waste valorization. Furfural (FFA), a renewable biomass-derived platform compound, offers an environmentally benign pathway for producing oxygenated value-added chemicals such as cyclopentanone (CPO) and cyclopentanol (CPL) through hydrogenative rearrangement, thereby offering an alternative to conventional petroleum-based decarboxylative cyclization methods. Over the past decade, significant research efforts have been dedicated to optimizing the catalytic hydrogenation and rearrangement of FFA into CPO/CPL, with a focus on enhancing catalytic efficiency, product selectivity, cost competitiveness, and environmental sustainability. This review systematically discusses the structural characteristics, catalytic performances, and reaction mechanisms of diverse metal-based catalysts, with particular emphasis on how active sites modulate reaction pathways and reaction mechanism. Furthermore, the key innovations in catalyst engineering are analyzed and the promising pathways to design catalytic systems combining high activity, selectivity, and stability for sustainable FFA upgrading into CPO/CPL are proposed.
KW - Furfural Cyclopentanone Hydrogenation Rearrangement Metal catalyst
DO - 10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
ER -
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun and Qiu Chengwu. (2026). Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol. Carbon Letters, 36(1), 115-130.
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun and Qiu Chengwu. 2026, "Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol", Carbon Letters, vol.36, no.1 pp.115-130. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun, Qiu Chengwu "Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol" Carbon Letters 36.1 pp.115-130 (2026) : 115.
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun, Qiu Chengwu. Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol. 2026; 36(1), 115-130. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun and Qiu Chengwu. "Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol" Carbon Letters 36, no.1 (2026) : 115-130.doi: 10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei; Li Xin; Zhang Wenhui; Chen Fucheng; Song Jinliang; Wang Tiejun; Qiu Chengwu. Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol. Carbon Letters, 36(1), 115-130. doi: 10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei; Li Xin; Zhang Wenhui; Chen Fucheng; Song Jinliang; Wang Tiejun; Qiu Chengwu. Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol. Carbon Letters. 2026; 36(1) 115-130. doi: 10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun, Qiu Chengwu. Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol. 2026; 36(1), 115-130. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
Meng Qingwei, Li Xin, Zhang Wenhui, Chen Fucheng, Song Jinliang, Wang Tiejun and Qiu Chengwu. "Recent advances in the hydrogenative rearrangement of furfural into cyclopentanone and cyclopentanol" Carbon Letters 36, no.1 (2026) : 115-130.doi: 10.1007/s42823-026-01025-6
