Oil-crop biomass conversion using polymerstabilized catalysts

Palladium-based catalysts supported on hypercrosslinked polystyrene were studied in the hydroconversion processes of oilseed biomass: (I) deoxygenation in a conventional solvent; (II) deoxygenation in supercritical hexane; (III) hydrogenation in toluene. It was shown that the highest selectivity towards the formation of target product, as well as the highest rate of stearic acid conversion in all the investigated processes, was observed using a 1% -Pd/HPS catalyst.