Guerbet condensation of methanol with n-propanol to isobutyl alcohol over heterogeneous copper chromite/Mg–Al mixed oxides catalysts

The synthesis of isobutyl alcohol (ⁱBuOH) from methanol (MeOH) and n-propanol (PrOH) through the Guerbet condensation has been studied at 200 °C and under inert atmosphere (3.0 MPa of N₂), using a two-component heterogeneous catalytic system based on pre-activated copper chromite and Mg–Al mixed oxides deriving from hydrotalcite-type (HT) precursors with different Mg/Al ratios. All the investigated catalysts displayed a significant activity, with an almost complete selectivity to ⁱBuOH. Unlike the copper chromite/soluble sodium methoxide system, the catalysts were tolerant of the co-produced water and did not display any appreciable deactivation during the course of the reaction. The catalyst productivity was found to increase by reducing the Mg/Al ratio in the heterogeneous base, according to the increase of the fraction of medium–strong and strong basic sites which favour the aldol condensation between the aldehydes derived from MeOH and PrOH.     

CuMgAlO_x复合氧化物催化甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应:M~(2+)/Al~(3+)比的影响

以类水滑石为前驱体,通过调控M~(2+)/Al~(3+)比制备了系列具有不同表面性质的MgAlO_x(MA)和CuMgAlO_x(CMA)催化剂,并分别应用于甲醛乙醛缩合反应(甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应的第二步反应)和甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应。采用NH_3/CO_2-TPD、XPS、H_2-TPR和H_2-TPD技术对催化剂表面酸碱性以及铜物种的性质进行了表征。结果表明,甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应性能与催化剂表面Cu~0比表面积和中强碱数目有关,提高Cu~0比表面积有利于甲醇乙醇脱氢生成甲醛和乙醛,增强中强碱数目能促进甲醛乙醛缩合反应。     

New catalytic methods for the synthesis of vitamins K: K3, K4 and Vikasol

A series of catalysts is developed for synthesis of vitamins K from easily available l-naphthol. The corresponding catalytic reactions compose the background of VIKASIB technology, which is friendly to the enviroment.     

The structure of binary liquids. The Kirkwood-Buff theory of liquid mixtures,illustrated on the basis of the systems water/methanol,water/ethanol,and cyclohexane/2,3-dimethylbutane,as a link between thermodynamic data and x-ray and neutron scattering results

With the help of the Kirkwood-Buff theory of liquid mixtures it is demonstrated that there is a close relationship between, on the one hand, x-ray and neutron scattering intensities from liquid mixtures and, on the other hand, certain thermodynamic properties of the systems considered. This relationship can be utilized without having to specify the intermolecular interaction potential and without having to perform computer simulation calculations. In the present paper the Kirkwood-Buff theory is applied to liquid water and to the binary systems H₂O/MeOH, H₂O/EtOH, and cyclohexane/2,3-dimethyl-butane. On the basis of these examples it is explained that, from the thermodynamic quantities used, the detailed shape of the various molecular radial distribution functions cannot be established. However, in principle this information could well be obtained from the x-ray and neutron scattering intensities of the liquids that are being studied, provided an acceptable procedure could be found to isolate the different radial distribution functions. In this respect the information extracted from thermodynamic data would be essential since, in the first place, it provides a valuable way of normalization of the scattered intensity, and, in the second place, for multicomponent liquids it puts forward specific conditions to be satisfied by the various radial distribution functions.