生物质催化转化制取芳香化合物

利用分子筛催化剂(NaZSM-5、HZSM-5、ReY和HY)研究了木屑上催化裂解制取芳香物(苯、甲苯、二甲苯)的反应过程,发现HZSM-5催化剂具有最高的生物质裂解制备芳香化合物的活性. 在450 oC、 载气流速为300 mL/min和催化剂/木屑比为2的优化反应条件下,芳香化合物的产率和选择性分别达到26.5%和62.5C-mol%.     

木质素催化转化制取苯、甲苯和二甲苯

对HZSM-5、HY和MCM-22三种催化剂进行了比较, 其中HZSM-5催化裂解木质素制备苯、甲苯和二甲苯(BTX)的结果最优．确定了木质素催化裂解的最佳反应条件,包括反应温度、载气流速、催化剂/木质素配比．当反应温度为550～600 oC,载气流速为300 mL/min,催化剂/木质素配比为2时,使用HZSM-5催化裂解制备BTX的最高C产率和芳香选择性分别可达25.3%和90.9%。     

Polymerization of Kraft lignin via ultrasonication for high-molecular-weight applications

Kraft lignin is an inexpensive and abundant byproduct of pulp mills that can be used in the synthesis of adhesives and carbon fibers along with energy production. Some of these material applications favor the utilization of high molecular weight (HMW) lignin. This study investigates the use of ultrasonics as a means to increase the degree of polymerization (DP) of highly purified Kraft lignin. Treated samples were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ¹³C and ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). After 15 min of sustained cavitation, ultrasonicated lignin generated a high molecular-weight fraction (～35%) that had a weight-average molecular weight (M_w) over 450-fold greater than the initial Kraft lignin sample. ¹³C-NMR and ³¹P-NMR analysis indicated that the highly-polymerized fraction was enriched with C5 condensed phenolic structures.     

Fuel dependence of benzene pathways

The relative importance of formation pathways for benzene, an important precursor to soot formation, was determined from the simulation of 22 premixed flames for a wide range of equivalence ratios (1.0-3.06), fuels (C₁-C₁₂), and pressures (20-760 torr). The maximum benzene concentrations in 15 out of these flames were well reproduced within 30% of the experimental data. Fuel structural properties were found to be critical for benzene production. Cyclohexanes and C₃ and C₄ fuels were found to be among the most productive in benzene formation; and long-chain normal paraffins produce the least amount of benzene. Other properties, such as equivalence ratio and combustion temperatures, were also found to be important in determining the amount of benzene produced in flames. Reaction pathways for benzene formation were examined critically in four premixed flames of structurally different fuels of acetylene, n-decane, butadiene, and cyclohexane. Reactions involving precursors, such as C₃ and C₄ species, were examined. Combination reactions of C₃ species were identified to be the major benzene formation routes with the exception of the cyclohexane flame, in which benzene is formed exclusively from cascading fuel dehydrogenation via cyclohexene and cyclohexadiene intermediates. Acetylene addition makes a minor contribution to benzene formation, except in the butadiene flame where C₄H₅ radicals are produced directly from the fuel, and in the n-decane flame where C₄H₅ radicals are produced from large alkyl radical decomposition and H atom abstraction from the resulting large olefins.     

He-Ne激光选育高木质素降解率的白腐真菌Lx

用He-Ne激光对一株木质素降解活性较高的白腐真菌L₁进行选育.将该菌的菌丝体和原生质体多次照射诱变,结果得出:在波长632.5nm,用功率为6mW和7mW照射该菌的菌丝体,选育出的菌株L₆和L₇木质素降解率可达38.1%和39.88%,比出发菌株L₁提高了33%和39%.用功率9mW的He-Ne激光辐照原生质体,照射20min时,原生质体致死率已达100%.在照射时间为10min时,选育出一株木质素降解率达43.03%的菌株L_x,比出发菌株L₁提高了50%.同工酶分析显示该菌株发生了稳定的遗传突变.     

The non-coincidence effect in binary mixtures: is a sign inversion with dilution fake or reality?

This study investigates whether benzene may be effective in promoting the sign inversion of the non-coincidence effect of the carbonyl stretching mode, v₃(C=O), of acetone in the high dilution regime, as claimed in literature. We have found that benzene leaves the non-coincidence effect positive in the whole concentration range and unaltered with respect to that already observed in acetone/CCl₄ mixtures at high dilution, although slightly reinforcing it. The applicability of available theories to the concentration dependence of the non-coincidence effect in benzene is discussed.     

Catalytic reduction of NO in the presence of benzene on a Pt(3 3 2) surface

The catalytic reduction of NO in the presence of benzene on the surface of Pt(3 3 2) has been studied using Fourier transform infra red reflection-absorption spectroscopy (FTIR-RAS) and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). IR spectra show that while the presence of benzene molecules at low coverage (e.g., following an exposure of just 0.25 L) promotes NO-Pt interaction, the adsorption of NO on Pt(3 3 2) at higher benzene coverages is suppressed. It is also shown that there are no strong interactions between the adsorbed NO molecules and the benzene itself or benzene-derived hydrocarbons, which can lead to the formation of intermediate species that are essential for N₂ production.TDS results show that the adsorbed benzene molecules undergo dehydrogenation accompanied by hydrogen desorption starting at 300 K and achieving a maximum at 394 K. Subsequent dehydrogenation of the benzene-derived hydrocarbons then begins with hydrogen desorption starting at 500 K. N₂ desorption from NO adlayers on clean Pt(3 3 2) surface becomes significant at temperatures higher than 400 K, giving rise to a peak at 465 K. This peak corresponds to N₂ desorption from NO dissociation on step sites. The presence of benzene promotes N₂ desorption, depending on the benzene coverage. When the benzene exposure is 0.25 L, the N₂ desorption peak at 459 K is dramatically increased. Increasing benzene coverage also results in the intensification of N₂ desorption at ∼410 K. At benzene exposures of 2.4 L, N₂ desorption develops as a broad peak with a maximum at ∼439 K.It is concluded that the catalytic reduction of NO by platinum in the presence of benzene proceeds by NO decomposition and subsequent oxygen removal at temperatures lower than 500 K, and NO dissociation is a rate-limiting step. The contribution of benzene to N₂ desorption is mainly attributed to providing a source of H, which quickly reacts with NO-derived atomic O, leaving the surface with more vacant sites for further NO dissociation.     

Oxidation of benzene on a vanadium-molybdenum catalyst in the presence of thiophene

The catalytic oxidation of benzene by air oxygen on a vanadium-molybdenum mixed oxide (1 ? x)V₂O₅ · xMoO₃ (x = 0.25) over a temperature range of 200–320°C is studied. It is shown that the introduction of small amounts of thiophene into benzene inhibits the oxidation to maleic anhydride in this temperature range. It is established that the operation of the catalyst is accompanied by significant changes in its phase composition and morphology, with a few first operation cycles being characterized by a high conversion of benzene. A possible mechanism of the process is proposed.     

Benzene adsorption and oxidation on Ir(1 1 1)

Adsorption, decomposition and oxidation of benzene on Ir(1 1 1) was studied by high resolution (synchrotron) XPS, temperature programmed desorption and low energy electron diffraction. Molecular adsorption of benzene on Ir(1 1 1) is observed between 170 K and 350 K. Above this temperature both desorption and decomposition of benzene take place. An ordered adsorbate structure was observed upon adsorption around 335 K. Decomposition involves C-C bond breaking as the formation of CH_ad is observed. The presence of a saturated O_ad layer (0.5 ML) weakens molecular benzene adsorption and suppresses decomposition.