Supporting Information Catalytic cascade conversion of furfural to 1,4-pentanediol in a single reactor Fei Liu,‡ a Qiaoyun Liu,‡ a,b Jinming Xu, a Lei Li, c Yi-Tao Cui, d Rui Lang, a Lin Li, a Yang Su, a Shu Miao, a Hui Sun, a Botao Qiao,* a Aiqin Wang,* a Francois Jerome* e and Tao Zhang a a State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, PR China. E-mail: bqiao@dicp.ac.cn, aqwang@dicp.ac.cn b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China c Synchrotron Radiation Nanotechnology Center, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 679-5165, Japan. d Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan. e Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Materiaux de Poitiers, CNRS/University of Poitiers, Poitiers 86073, France. E-mail: francois.jerome@univ-poitiers.fr Experimental Section Chemical. Furfural, furfuryl alcohol and 3-Acetyl-1-propanol were purchased from Aladdin. γ-valerolactone and 1,4-pentanediol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Levulinic acid was purchased from Acros Organic. Deionized water was homemade by a Millipore Autopure system. All reagents were used without further purification. Helium (99.99%), hydrogen (99.99%) and carbon dioxide (99.99%) were purchased from Dalian Special Gases Company. Catalyst preparation. 1) CMK-3: CMK-3 support was synthesized by a nanocasting method. In detail, 12.0 g of furfuryl alcohol (90 wt%) and 1.2 g of oxalic acid were dissolved in 30.0 g of ethanol. Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Green Chemistry. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018