Comparison of HMF hydrodeoxygenation over different metal catalysts in a continuous flow reactor

•We compare the HDO of HMF over six metal catalysts in flow reactor.•The reaction scheme for all the metals is shown to be sequential.•Different products are found from the reaction of DMF on the various metals.•A pseudo-first-order sequential reaction model is applied to obtain rate constants.•Catalyst stability for each metal is also examined.