过渡金属改性MCM-41的结构及对苯催化氧化的研究

制备了Ti,Fe,Cr,Ni改性的MCM-41,采用XRD、低温N₂吸附及TPD手段研究了改性MCM-41的结构特征和表面性质.过渡金属可同品取代骨架Si,同品取代的能力与过渡金属离子半径有关.过渡金属改性MCM-41均具有较好的长程有序结构、均一的孔径分布和较高的比表面积.引入不同的过渡金属可以改变MCM-41表面酸性和亲水/憎水性.考察了改性MCM-41对苯氧化的催化性能.     

Hβ/MCM-41复合分子筛催化剂上苯甲醚与乙酸酐酰化反应研究

以β沸石为硅源,制备了不同硅铝比的Hβ/MCM-41复合分子筛,考察了该复合分子筛对苯甲醚与乙酸酐酰化反应的催化效果,并与介孔MCM-41、微孔Hβ分子筛的催化效果进行了比较,研究了分子筛硅铝比、酸性及孔道结构对酰化反应催化性能的影响。结果表明,对于苯甲醚和乙酸酐酰化反应,Hβ/MCM-41复合分子筛具有较好的催化稳定性,反应过程中的积炭量较少,积炭的碳氢比较低。该复合分子筛不仅具有微孔沸石的强酸性,而且具有较大孔径的介孔,产物分子能及时从孔道中扩散出来,催化活性位不易中毒失活。     

杂原子介孔Co-MCM-41分子筛的制备及其柴油深度吸附脱碱氮性能

以硝酸钴为钴源,采用水热法合成了MCM-41和不同Co含量的Co-MCM-41分子筛,并利用XRD、FT-IR和低温N2吸附-脱附等方法对合成的分子筛进行表征。当加入的Co/Si物质的量比达到0.1时,依然能够成功合成具有规整有序的介孔结构的Co-MCM-41。MCM-41和Co-MCM-41静态吸附脱除0#柴油中碱氮的实验结果表明,Co/Si物质的量比为0.06的Co-MCM-41(2)分子筛的吸附容量最大,达到5.324 mg(N)/g分子筛,明显高于MCM-41分子筛的吸附容量2.532 mg(N)/g,说明Co进入MCM-41分子筛骨架后显著提高了分子筛的吸附脱除碱氮能力。当加入的Co/Si物质的量比大于0.06时,分子筛吸附脱除柴油中碱氮的能力反而下降,这是由于加入过多Co会使其以Co3O4形式高度分散在分子筛孔道中,堵塞了吸附活性位,使其无法与碱性氮化物接触造成吸附脱氮能力下降。动态吸附脱除0#柴油中碱性氮化物的结果表明,每克CoM CM-41(2)分子筛可将35 m L柴油的碱氮从147.54μg/g吸附脱除到10μg/g以下,吸附容量为4.2 mg(N)/g(吸附剂),由于动态吸附的接触时间较短使MCM-41失去了吸附脱氮能力,说明Co-MCM-41(2)对柴油中的碱氮具有较好的选择性。     

Evidence of nanoconfinement effects of MCM-41 on propylene polymerization catalyzed by MCM-41 supported metallocene catalyst in the presence and absence of beta-cyclodextrin

Propylene polymerization was carried out with MCM-41 supported rac-Et(Ind)2ZrCl2 catalysts, in the presence and absence of beta-cyclodextrin. The resultant PP was studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. Through comparison of the results, it was found that the channels of MCM-41 could act as a nanoreactor of propylene polymerization and the polypropylene (PP) contained in the channels had noncrystal structure. However, the PP could grow out of the channels and form some crystals after the active sites on the surface of MCM-41 were destroyed. This showed that the channels of MCM-41 had great confinement effects on propylene polymerization.     

Solid-Phase Immobilization of a New Epoxidation Catalyst

The heterogenization of a titanium(IV ) silsesquioxane complex in an MCM-41 molecular sieve , by tailoring the polarity of MCM-41, results in self-assembled materials (see the space-filling model on the right) that are active, truly heterogeneous, and recyclable catalysts for liquid-phase alkene epoxidation.     

Preparation and Acid Catalytic Activity of TiO2 Grafted Silica MCM-41 with Sulfate Treatment

TiO2 grafted silica MCM-41 catalyst with and without sulfate treatment were prepared. The structural and acid properties of these materials were investigated by XRD, N2 adsorption-desorption, element analysis, thermal analysis, Raman and FTIR measurements. Their acid-catalytic activities were evaluated using the cyclization reaction of pseudoionone. It was found that the obtained materials possess well-ordered mesostructure, and the grafted TiO2 components were in highly dispersed amorphous form. T/MCM41 without sulfation contained only Lewis acid sites, while Br?nsted and Lewis acidities were remarkably improved for the sulfated materials ST/MCM41 and d-ST/MCM41. T/MCM-41 was not active for the cyclization reaction of pseudoionone, but ST/MCM-41 and d-ST/MCM-41 possessed favorable catalytic activities. The catalytic performance of ST/MCM-41 was comparable with that of the commercial solid acid catalyst of Amberlyst-15, and better than that of d-ST/MCM-41, although the latter underwent a second TiO2 grafting process and accordingly had higher Ti and S content. The specific surface structure of Si-O-Ti-O-S=O in ST/MCM-41 and the bilateral induction effect of Si and S=O on Si-O-Ti bonds were speculated to account for its higher acid catalytic activity.     

负载型磷化镍催化剂的空气表面改性法制备及其加氢脱氧性能

以MCM-41为载体,采用先前驱体氢气低温(673 K)还原、空气表面改性的方法制备了高活性的Ni2P/M CM-41催化剂,并采用XRD、BET、SEM、TEM、XPS和CO吸附等手段对催化剂进行了表征。以苯并呋喃(BF)加氢脱氧(HDO)为探针反应,考察了空气表面改性对Ni2P/M CM-41催化剂结构和HDO性能的影响。结果表明,空气表面改性得到的催化剂,活性相为单一的Ni2P;空气表面改性能够降低催化剂表面P物种的集聚,有助于小尺寸、高分散的Ni2P活性相的生成。在573 K、3.0 M Pa、质量空速为4.0 h-1、H2/油体积比为500的条件下,Ni2P/M CM-41催化剂上BF转脱氧产物收率高达88%,较程序升温还原法制备的催化剂高50%。     

Preparation of MnCo/MCM-41 catalysts with high performance for chlorobenzene combustion

MCM-41 was synthesized by a soft template technique. The specific surface area and pore volume of the MCM-41 were 805.9 m²/g and 0.795 cm³/g, respectively. MCM-41-supported manganese and cobalt oxide catalysts were prepared by an impregnation method. The energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy clearly confirmed the existence of Mn, Co, and O, which indicated the successful loading of the active components on the surface of MCM-41. The structure and function of the catalysts were changed by modulating the molar ratio of manganese to cobalt. The 10%MnCo(6:1)/MCM-41 (Mn/Co molar ratio is 6:1) catalyst displayed the best catalytic activity according to the activity evaluation experiments, and chlorobenzene (1000 ppm) was totally decomposed at 270 °C. The high activity correlated with a high dispersion of the oxides and was attributed to the exposure of more active sites, which was demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The strong interactions between MnO₂, Co₃O₄, MnCoO_x, and MCM-41 indicated that cobalt promoted the redox cycles of the manganese system. The bimetal-oxide-based catalyst showed better catalytic activity than that of the single metal oxide catalysts, which was further confirmed by H₂ temperature-programmed reduction. Chlorobenzene temperature-programmed desorption results showed that 10%MnCo(6:1)/MCM-41 had higher adsorption strength for chlorobenzene than that of single metal catalysts. And stronger adsorption was beneficial for combustion of chlorobenzene. Furthermore, 10%MnCo(6:1)/MCM-41 was not deactivated during a continuous reaction for 1000 h at 260 °C and displayed good resistance to water and benzene, which indicated that the catalyst could be used in a wide range of applications.     

微波固相法制备ZnCl2/MCM-41催化剂及其催化性能

采用微波固相法、普通加热法和溶剂分散法等不同方法制备了ZnCl2/MCM-41催化剂,以XRD、FT-IR和TG-DSC等表征手段,比较了不同方法制备的催化剂中ZnCl2在分子筛表面的存在状态.XRD测定结果表明,微波固相法和溶剂分散法制备的样品可使ZnCl2完全分散于MCM-41分子筛表面,而加热法制备的样品中仍存在ZnCl2的晶相衍射峰.FT-IR、DSC和原子吸收光谱的测定结果表明,微波辐射可使ZnCl2与分子筛表面羟基发生固态相互作用形成O－Zn－Cl活性位,具有更加温和的Lewis酸性.考察了不同方法制备和不同ZnCl2负载量的催化剂在月桂烯与丙烯醛Diels-Alder反应中的催化性能,与普通加热法制备的催化剂相比,微波固相法与溶剂分散法制备的催化剂具有更好的催化活性和选择性,但微波固相法制备催化剂更为简单.     

MCM-41 mesoporous silica: a highly efficient and recoverable catalyst for rapid synthesis of α-aminonitriles and imines

In this work, pure MCM-41 mesoporous silica with active mesoporous sites has been successfully applied, as a highly efficient and recoverable catalyst, for the rapid and convenient synthesis of α-aminonitriles and imines. Various imines, as the intermediate of the Strecker reaction, were simply prepared from condensation of a wide range of aldehydes and amines in the presence of low loading of MCM-41 mesoporous silica under solvent-free conditions at room temperature in high to quantitative yields. Furthermore, the corresponding α-aminonitrile derivatives were prepared through the three-component Strecker reaction using trimethylsilylcyanide catalyzed by MCM-41 as a bifunctional heterogeneous mesoporous solid catalyst.     

Characterizations and Catalytic Properties of V-MCM-41 Synthesized by Template-ion Exchange Method

Much attention has been paid to the use of the new mesoporous material, MCM-41,as catalyst or catalyst support^[1,2]. Recently, we focus our study on the design of catalytically active sites such as vanadium species inside the mesopore of MCM-41. V-MCM-41 is generally synthesized by direct hydrothermal method in the literature, but a large part of vanadium sites seems difficult to be accessed during the catalytic reactions by this method. We have developed a novel method to introduce vanadium species by a template-ion exchange (TIE) method, i.e., by exchanging the template cation in the uncalcined MCM-41 with VO²⁺ ion in aqueous solution. Here, the results of the characterizations of such synthesized V-MCM-41 and its catalytic properties in oxidative dehydrogenation of propane are described.     

Characterizations and Catalytic Properties of Transition Metal Ions Incorporated in Mesoporous Materials

Mesoporous materials typified by MCM-41 possess well-ordered mesoporous channels with controllable pore sizes from 2-30 nm, and are expected as desirable materials for catalysis.However, silicious mesoporous materials generally do not have sufficient intrinsic catalytic activities.Thus many studies have focused on introducing catalytically active sites. It is expected that different synthetic methods would result in different coordination structures of metal cations introduced in MCM-41, and thus different catalytic properties in catalytic reactions. The author's group has used two methods, i.e., direct hydrothermal synthesis (DHT) and template-ion exchange (TIE), for the syntheses of V-, Fe-, and Cr-MCM-41 and applied them as catalysts to selective oxidations of hydrocarbons. This paper highlights the characterizations of the coordination structures of these metal cations introduced into MCM-41 by the DHT and the TIE methods, and the structural-property relationships of these metal ion-containing MCM-41 materials in selective oxidation reactions.MCM-41 was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide and sodium silicate as the sources of template and silicon, respectively. In the DHT method, metal cations were directly added into the synthesis gel before hydrothermal synthesis, while the exchanging of metal ions in ethanolic solutions with the template cations contained in the uncalcined MCM-41 was performed in the TIE method. XRD and N2-adsorption measurements showed that the mesoporous regularity was not destroyed with both synthetic methods for all the metal ion-containing MCM-41 with appropriate contents of metal cations.For V-MCM-41, the characterizations with mainly EXAFS suggested that V5+ cations were in tetrahedral coordination and mainly incorporated inside the framework of MCM-41 to substitute Si4+in the samples by the DHT method. Tetrahedrally coordinated Vanadyl species were also obtained by the TIE method, but the VO4 was dispersed on the wall surface of MCM-41. The V-MCM-41-DHT showed higher selectivity in the partial oxidations of C3H8 and i-C4H10 to alkenes and acrolein and methacrolein, but the V-MCM-41-TIE exhibited better catalytic activities in the partial oxidation of CH4 to HCHO and the oxidative dehydrogenation of C2H6.For Fe-MCM-41, EXAFS studies indicated that the DHT method also resulted in Fe3+ cations incorporated inside the framework of MCM-41 if iron content was lower than ca. 1 wt%. However,aggregated iron oxides with iron in octahedral coordination were mainly observed in the calcined Fe-MCM-41 by the TIE method. In the partial oxidation of CH4 to HCHO with O2 and the epoxidation of styrene with H2O2, the Fe-MCM-41 by the DHT method exhibits remarkably higher catalytic performances than that by the TIE method.Chromium could not be incorporated inside the framework of MCM-41 to substitute Si4+, and both synthetic methods led to surface chromate species. However, the DHT method resulted in only monochromate species on the wall surface of MCM-41 while polychromate species existed over the sample by the TIE method as indicated by the UV-Raman spectroscopic studies. The two types of Cr-MCM-41 exhibited distinctly different catalytic behaviors in the partial oxidation of CH4 with O2.The Cr-MCM-41-DHT was remarkably more selective towards HCHO formation.     

Study on the properties of the photoluminescence material Tb(aspirin)3phen-MCM-41

Assembly system with MCM-41 as a host and TAP (Tb(aspirin)₃phen) as an active optical guest was synthesized at room temperature, and the interrelated products of MCM-41 and TAP systems were examined for comparison. The structures and the physical properties of the samples were characterized by a combination of techniques, such as XRD and N₂ adsorption–desorption. Excitation and emission spectra were carried out to explore the photoluminescence (PL) properties of the samples and the relationships between the optical guest and the inorganic host. The results from these characterizations showed that the TAP is incorporated into the channels of MCM-41 and can increase the framework order of MCM-41. The reduction in the specific surface area of TAPMA (Tb(aspirin)₃phen-MCM-41A) compared with that of MA (MCM-41A) imply that the TAP is confined inside the channels of MA. Based on the analyses of the excitation spectra, we suggested that the surface environment of MCM-41 affects the energy absorption of the organic ligands. PL of TAPMA and TAPMB show TAP in the different chemical environments, and a strong green PL had been observed in the TAPMA system while a much weaker light in the TAPMB system.     

A new palladium nanoparticle catalyst on mesoporous silica prepared from a molecular cluster precursor

A promising approach to the controlled synthesis of supported nanoparticles involves the use of molecular carbonyl clusters as precursors. Molecular metal clusters consist of a defined number of structurally ordered atoms, and active monodisperse metal particles are formed after dispersing the molecules and removing the ligands. An octanuclear palladium cluster precursor with easily displaceable ligands was used to generate palladium nanoparticles on mesoporous MCM-41. The molecular cluster precursor, [Pd8(CO)8(PMe3)7], was directly adsorbed from solution onto MCM-41, followed by gentle thermolysis which yielded small metal nanoparticles. Compared to MCM-41-based catalysts prepared from palladium salts by conventional methods, this cluster-derived palladium catalyst has shown an efficient activity for liquid-phase hydrogenation of alkenes.     

Fe/MCM-41 as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for ozonation of p-chlorobenzoic acid in aqueous solution

Mesoporous MCM-41 and Fe loaded MCM-41（Fe/MCM-41）,which were successfully prepared by a hydrothermal method and a dipping method respectively,were applied as heterogeneous catalysts for ozonation of p-chlorobenzoic acid（p-CBA） in aqueous solution.MCM-41 and Fe/MCM-41 were characterized by XRD,FT-IR and diffuse reflectance UV-vis（DR-UV-vis） techniques. The presence of either MCM-41 or Fe/MCM-41 improves p-CBA and total organic carbon（TOC） removal efficiency compared to ozonation alone.Under the experimental condition,TOC removal rate of Fe/MCM-41/O₃ process is over 63.5%at 60 min oxidation time,44.5%using MCM-41 as catalyst,only 37.7%with ozonation alone.The presence of tert-butanol（TBA） in the Fe/MCM-41/ O₃ process indicated that the oxidation mechanism of p-CBA occurs via OH in the liquid bulk.And Fe/MCM-41 is a promising catalyst.     

Chiral ruthenium porphyrin encapsulated in ordered mesoporous molecular sieves (MCM-41 and MCM-48) as catalysts for asymmetric alkene epoxidation and cyclopropanation

Encapsulation of chiral ruthenium porphyrin [RuII(D4-Por*)CO] in modified mesoporous silica supports such as MCM-41 and MCM-48 achieves active catalysts for asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes by 2,6-dichloropyridine N-oxide and intramolecular cyclopropanation, which is the first example of chiral metalloporphyrin supported on ordered molecular sieves.     

苯乙酮氢转移反应中ZrO2/MCM-41和ZrO2/AC的催化性能对比

采用浸渍法制备了分别以活性炭(AC)和全硅MCM-41介孔分子筛负载的ZrO2催化剂,并对其进行了XRD、氮气吸附-脱附、X射线光电子能谱、差热-热重分析和吡啶吸附原位红外光谱等表征,考察了其在以异丙醇为氢源还原苯乙酮为α-苯乙醇的Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley(MPV)反应中的催化活性,并与水合ZrO2进行对比.研究了载体对催化剂活性的影响.结果表明,ZrO2经MCM-41负载后,与载体发生强相互作用,可能形成Si—O—Zr键,ZrO2在载体表面呈高分散的无定形态,Zr—OH数目显著增加,L酸性增强,并形成B酸中心,使催化剂活性显著高于水合ZrO2;ZrO2负载在AC上后,与载体未发生强相互作用,ZrO2在载体表面未呈高分散状态,增加的Zr—OH数目相对较少,L酸性较弱,未形成B酸中心,催化活性未明显增加,但在较高焙烧温度(400～600℃)下,其仍能保持稳定的催化活性,这可归因于ZrO2/AC中AC孔道疏通及AC石墨层对苯乙酮上苯环的吸附作用,使活性位附近的反应底物浓度显著增大.     

Synthesis and characterization of ZnS nanosized semiconductor particles within mesoporous solids

ZnS semiconductor quantum dots have been synthesized using a method involving melt exchange reaction inside the pores of MCM-41 and subsequent reaction with H(2)S. The ZnS quantum dots-MCM-41 composite, which has been studied with XRD, EDS, and BET techniques, is shown to have retained within the pores the formed quantum dots, with a size distribution exhibiting a maximum nanoparticle diameter of ca. 1.8 nm. The structure and the sorption properties of the ZnS/MCM-41 composite have been studied by means of X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and surface area measurements. All experimental data reveal that all the final composite products, containing up to 9.3 wt % ZnS as verified by EDS analysis, keep the basic structural characteristics of MCM-41 materials, without significant reduction of their active surface areas. The quantum dot optical properties have been studied with UV-vis, photoluminescence, and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopies providing evidence for the low-dimensional character of the ZnS semiconductor particles.     

Deoxydesulfurization of dibenzothiophene sulfone over cesium/MCM-41 catalysts

Dibenzothiophene sulfone, one of the products of the oxidative desulfurization of heavy oil, can be utilized through catalytic cracking. The object of the present study is to provide Cs/MCM-41 catalysts for the removal of sulfur dioxide from dibenzothiophene sulfone. Cesium oxide was deposited via an impregnation method on MCM-41, and the catalytic performances of the samples were investigated during the deoxydesulfurization of dibenzothiophene sulfone to biphenyl and sulfur dioxide gas. The influence of cesium loading on the basic properties of MCM-41 was estimated by the temperature-programmed desorption of carbon dioxide. The dibenzothiophene sulfone conversions of the MCM-41, Cs(1 wt%)/MCM-41, Cs(3 wt%)/MCM-41 and Cs(10 wt%)/MCM-41 catalysts were 38.5, 52.1, 72.4 and 40.9%, respectively, which implies that the Cs(3 wt%)/MCM-41 catalyst has the highest activity. This result agrees with the finding of the basicity enhancement of MCM-41 with the addition of cesium, in which Cs(3 wt%)/MCM-41 exhibited a maximum number of basic sites.     

Influence of Confinement on The Phase Transition And Spectral Characteristics of Nematic Liquid Crystals

The results of nematic liquid crystal - isotropic liquid phase transition study by the method of differential scanning calorimetry for inclusion compounds - mesoporous aluminosilicate molecular sieves of MCM-41 type (including Cu-exchanged samples) with encapsulated in inner-crystalline space nematic liquid crystal (5CB), as well as IR spectroscopic data for such compounds were represented. It was shown, that the 5CB molecules are able to interact with the active centers in the MCM-41 channels forming strong enough bonds of -C≡N⋅⋅⋅H-O- type. The relative amount of 5CB molecules interacting with the walls of channels and those retaining ‘liquid crystalline’ state in binary systems of molecular sieves MCM-41 and CuMCM-41 was estimated. This conclusion was confirmed by the data obtained from differential scanning calorimetry measurements. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.