Selective oxidation of octadecan-1-ol to octadecanoic acid over Co3O4/SiO2 catalysts

Factors (reaction temperature, reaction time, flow rate of oxygen, amount of catalyst, etc.) influencing the catalytic properties of Co₃O₄/SiO₂catalyst in the oxidation octadecan-1-ol to octadecanoic acid were investigated. The catalysts were characterized by means of XRD, FT-IR and N₂-adsorption. The experimental results indicate that under the optimal condition the selectivity to octadecanoic acid reached 97.5 % over 5 % Co₃O₄/SiO₂ catalyst.This revised version was published online in December 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Deactivation and regeneration of the B2O3/TiO2-ZrO2 catalyst in the vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime

The deactivation and regeneration of B₂O₃/TiO₂-ZrO₂ catalyst for the vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to -caprolactam were studied. The fresh, deactivated and regenerated catalysts were characterized by using adsorption of nitrogen, X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry (TG) and NH₃-temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD) techniques. The crystal structure and pore size distribution of the catalyst were retained after reaction, but the number of acid sites decreased significantly. There was a relationship between the amount of coke deposited on the catalyst and the decline in catalytic activity. These results suggest that the coke deposition on the surface of catalyst is mainly responsible for the catalyst deactivation. The catalytic activity can be recovered completely after calcining the deactivated catalyst in air flow at 600 °C for 8 h.     

制备方法对Al2O3掺杂Pt/WO3-ZrO2催化剂上正庚烷异构化反应的影响

采用恒pH法和非恒pH法制备了Al₂O₃掺杂的Pt/WO₃/ZrO₂催化剂,并用N₂吸附-脱附、X射线衍射、紫外-可见漫反射、CO化学吸附、X射线光电子能谱、²⁷Al魔角旋转核磁共振和吡啶吸附红外等技术对催化剂进行了表征.结果表明,相比于非恒pH法制备的催化剂,恒pH法制备的催化剂具有较高的比表面积和Pt分散度,在H₂气氛中产生更多的B酸位,从而表现出更高的催化正庚烷临氢异构化反应活性; 在200℃和质量空速0.9h^-1的反应条件下,正庚烷转化率达70.0%,明显高于非恒pH法制备的催化剂(43.5%).     

n-Hexane Isomerization by Pt/WO3-ZrO2 Using Hydrothermally Synthesized Hydrous Zirconia as Support

A series of hydrous zirconia samples were prepared by the hydrothermal method, and the Pt/WO₃-ZrO₂ catalyst was prepared by impregnation. The effects of hydrothermal temperature of Zr(OH)₄ on the isomerization activity of the catalyst was investigated. The crystalline structure, acidity, and reduction properties of the catalyst were characterized by X-ray diffraction, NH₃ temperature-programmed desorption, and H₂ temperature-programmed reduction, respectively. The results indicated that the crystalline structure of hydrous zirconia and the catalyst varied with the hydrothermal temperature, and the increase of hydrothermal temperature reduced the fraction of tetragonal zirconia. Strong acid sites on the catalyst and the isomerization activity increased with the crystallization of Zr(OH)₄. It was proposed that the higher isomerization activity may be related to the existence of large numbers of strong acid sites.     

Surface Structure and Catalytic Performance of CuCl/SiO2-Al2O3 Catalysts for Methanol Oxidative Carbonylation

Aluminum was doped into amorphous silica gel to modify its surface structure. The obtained SiO₂-Al₂O₃ support was used to prepare the CuCl/SiO₂-Al₂O₃ catalyst by solid-state ion exchange, and the catalyst activity for liquid-phase oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate was investigated. The results showed that the prepared SiO₂-Al₂O₃ support kept the amorphous structure of the silica gel. The BET specific surface area of the silica gel was decreased to 200 m²/g, and the surface acid sites (including Brønsted acid sites) were increased. In the CuCl/SiO₂-Al₂O₃ catalyst, CuCl was not only dispersed on surface but also was ion exchanged with surface Brønsted acid sites of the SiO₂-Al₂O₃ support to form Cu⁺ species, which resulted in a decrease in BET specific surface area to 148 m²/g. These two kinds of Cu⁺ species on the catalyst surface were both active centers for the oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate. When the catalyst was prepared with Si/Al molar ratio of 5 and was calcined at 500 °C, the selectivity and space-time yield of dimethyl carbonate reached 74% and 1.27 g/(g·h), respectively.     

Carvone epoxidation by system “hydrogen peroxide-[Mn2L2O3][PF6]2 (L = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane)-carboxylic acid”: a combinatorial approach to the process optimization?

Summary Epoxidation of natural terpene (+)-carvone by the system consisting of a catalyst, oxalic acid (co-catalyst) and H₂O₂ (70% aqueous solution; oxidant) was studied and factorial design methods were applied for the optimization of this reaction. A dinuclear manganese(IV) complex [LMn(O)₃MnL](PF₆)₂ (L = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) was used as a catalyst, and acetonitrile was employed as a solvent. An analysis by methods of the complete 2⁴ factorial design showed that an increase in the catalyst concentration gives a strong positive effect on the carvone conversion and selectivity. Hydrogen peroxide has a smaller positive effect on the conversion, but at high concentration, H₂O₂ leads to some decrease in the selectivity. An increase in the oxalic acid concentration has a beneficial effect on the conversion, but does not affect the selectivity.     

Pyridine-H5PMo10V2O40 hybrid catalysts for liquid-phase hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with molecular oxygen

Pyridine(Py)-modified Keggin-type vanadium-substituted heteropoly acids (Py _n PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀, n=1 to 5) were prepared by a precipitation method as organic/inorganic hybrid catalysts for direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol in a pressured batch reactor and their structures were detected by FT-IR. Among various catalysts, Py₃PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀ exhibits the highest catalytic activity (yield of phenol, 11.5%), without observing the formation of catechol, hydroquinone and benzoquinone in the reaction with 80 vol% aqueous acetic acid, molecular oxygen and ascorbic acid used as the solvent, oxidant and reducing reagent, respectively. Influences of reaction temperature, reaction time, oxygen pressure, amount of ascorbic acid and catalyst on yield of phenol were investigated to obtain the optimal reaction conditions for phenol formation. Pyridine can greatly promote the catalytic activity of the Py-free catalyst (H₅PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀), mostly because the organic π electrons in the hybrid catalyst may extend their conjugation to the inorganic framework of heteropoly acid and dramatically modify the redox properties, at the same time, pyridine adsorbed on heteropoly acids can promote the effect of “pseudo-liquid phase”, thus accounting for the enhancement of phenol yield. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20476046 and 20776069) and the “Qinglan” Project of Jiangsu Province for Young Researchers     

High catalytic activity of V2O5-ZrO2 modified with H2SO4 for propene partial oxidation

For V₂O₅–ZrO₂ catalysts, up to 10 mol% the crystalline structure of V₂O₅ was not observed, indicating a good dispersity the surface of ZrO₂. V₂O₅–ZrO₂ catalyst modified with H₂SO₄ exhibited much on higher catalytic activity for propene partial oxidation than unmodified catalysts due to the increased acidity and acid strength of modified catalyst.     

稀土固体超强酸SO42-/TiO2/La3+催化合成丁酸异戊酯

The synthesis of isoamyl butyrate with isoamyl alcohol and butyric acid as reactants and rare-earth solid superacid SO₄^2-/TiO₂/La³⁺ as catalyst had been studied.The influent actors of reaction were investigated.The results showed that the appropriate conditions should be: Weight of catalyst was 0.5g (weight of butyric acid if 0.2mol); molar ratio of isoamyl alcohol to butyric acid was 1.8: 1; reaction time was 2.0 h; the taking water reagent (Toluene) was 15mL.The yield of isoamyl butyrate was about 99.0%.     

Selective two-phase hydrogenation of sorbic acid using [Cp*Ru(sorbic acid)]+ catalyst?

Summary Unsaturated hexenoic acids are important compounds due to their utilization for specific aromatic alcohol (leaf alcohols) preparation. The influences of the reaction conditions on the sorbic acid hydrogenation to cis-hex-3-enoic acid are given. [Cp*Ru(sorbic acid)]CF₃SO₃ was used as a catalyst in two-phase hydrogenation.     

柠檬酸添加方式对Mo-Ni-P/Al_2O_3催化剂加氢活性的影响

以Mo、Ni为活性组分,Al_2O_3为载体,采用不同柠檬酸添加方法制备了Mo-Ni-P/Al_2O_3催化剂.通过氢气程序升温还原(H2-TPR)、X射线衍射(XRD),透射扫描电镜(TEM)、XPS等表征方法研究催化剂的物化性质.结果表明:催化剂经柠檬酸的后处理,改善了载体氧化铝表面羟基基团的分布,促使Mo物种以八面体配位多核聚钼酸的形态存在,有效地减弱了载体与活性金属之间的强相互作用,提高了Mo物种的分散度与硫化度,使得催化剂形成更多"Mo-Ni-S"加氢活性相,提高了催化剂的加氢活性.与其他处理方法相比,柠檬酸后处理的催化剂对VGO具有更高的加氢脱硫、脱氮与芳烃饱和性能.     

应用原位漫反射红外-质谱技术研究CuO/Al2O3催化剂表面酸性及其反应性能

应用原位漫反射红外-质谱联用、程序升温和暂态响应技术研究了CuO/Al₂O₃催化剂表面酸性及其反应性能. 实验结果表明, CuO/Al₂O₃催化剂表面呈Lewis酸性, 硫化不仅可增强CuO/Al₂O₃催化剂的Lewis酸性, 而且可产生新的Brønsted酸性位; 吸附于Lewis酸性位的NH₃具有选择性催化还原(SCR)活性. 而在硫化样Cu8(400S)中Lewis和Brønsted酸性位同时存在的情况下, 吸附于Lewis和Brønsted酸性位的氨均具有SCR活性, 且后者较前者弱; CuO/Al₂O₃催化剂上的SCR反应遵循Eley-Rideal机理, 即SCR反应发生于吸附态NH₃与气相NO之间.     

A high hydroarylation activity of K2PtCl4/AgOTf catalyst in the reaction of propiolic acid with unactivated and activated arenes

A mixed catalyst K₂PtCl₄/AgOTf showed the highest activity for hydroarylation of propiolic acid, among palladium and platinum catalysts. This catalyst was effective for hydroarylation with less reactive benzene to give cis-cinnamic acid in good yield. The hydroarylation with toluene gave a higher yield of hydroarylation products than that with benzene and resulted in ortho/para orientation with an almost statistical ratio, suggesting that the result is very close to that of the Friedel-Crafts alkylation with methyl bromide or p-nitrobenzyl chloride. Hydroarylation of propiolic acid with other electron-rich arenes proceeded efficiently in the presence of the K₂PtCl₄/AgOTf catalyst in trifluoroacetic acid forming cis-cinnamic acids in good to high yields. This method was also applied to hydroarylation of ethyl propiolate.     

Nitration of Aromatic Compounds Catalyzed by Divanadium-Substituted Molybdophosphoric Acid, H5[PMo10V2O40]

The nitration of aromatic compounds was carried out in the presence of divanadium-substituted molybdophosphoric acid, H₅PMo₁₀V₂O₄₀, as catalyst and a mixture of nitric acid and acetic anhydride as nitrating agent. In the presence of this heteropolyacid the ortho- and para-nitro compounds were obtained in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions.     

V2O5/C catalyst for liquid phase oxidation of glyoxal to glyoxylic acid

A study of the catalytic activity of V₂O₅/C catalyst for the oxygen oxidation of glyoxal has been made, showing that glyoxylic acid can be formed without control of pH value and there is little oxalic acid from the excessive oxidation of glyoxylic acid. The studies of XRD and TEM have shown that V₂O₅ diffraction peaks gradually strengthen with the increase of the content of V₂O₅. With the content of 3% V₂O₅ and the calcination temperature of 573 K, V₂O₅/C catalyst displayed the best activity and selectivity. The conversion of glyoxal and the selectivity of glyoxylic acid reached 18.76% and 77.70% after 5 h, respectively. Moreover, V₂O₅/C catalyst showed small deactivation after recycling three times, which indicates that V₂O₅/C has a higher stability than noble metal catalysts in the reaction medium. Supported by the Technology Research and Development Project for University of Shanxi Province of China (Grant No. 20051272)     

Catalytic activity of CeO2 and Pr2O3 for the liquid-phase benzylation of o-xylene to 3,4 – dimethyldiphenylmethane

The liquid phase benzylation of o-xylene with benzyl chloride over rare earth oxide catalysts like CeO₂ and Pr₂O₃ was studied in a batch reactor at atmospheric pressure and 363 K. Surface area, pore volume, DTA, acid strength distribution on the catalyst surface and optimum temperature of the catalyst are reported.     

Al含量对Pt-SO2-4 /ZrO2-Al2O3固体超强酸催化

通过向SO^2-₄ /ZrO₂催化剂中同时引入适量的Pt和Al₂O₃, 制备出了具有较高催化性能和稳定性的Pt-SO^2-₄ /ZrO₂-Al₂O₃型固体超强酸催化剂. 以正戊烷异构化反应为探针, 考察了Al含量对催化剂性能的影响; 并采用X射线衍射(XRD)、比表面积测定(BET)、红外(IR)光谱、程序升温还原(TPR)、热重-差热分析(TG-DTA)和氨-程序升温脱附(NH₃-TPD)手段对催化剂进行了表征. 结果表明, Al能够提高ZrO₂的晶化温度, 抑制硫的分解, 增加催化剂的比表面积, 增强硫氧键的结合, 提高催化剂的还原性能, 增加催化剂的酸强度和酸总量. 当Al₂O₃含量(质量分数, w)为5.0%时, Pt-SO^2-₄ /ZrO₂-Al₂O₃固体超强酸催化剂的催化活性最好, 在100 h内异戊烷收率可稳定在52.0%以上, 选择性在98.2%以上.     

MgFe0.1Al1.9O4 的合成及其催化乙苯与 CO2 的氧化脱氢反应

 以柠檬酸为络合剂, 采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了具有尖晶石结构的 MgFe_0.1Al_1.9O₄ 催化剂, 并将其用于催化乙苯与 CO₂ 氧化脱氢反应. 运用 X 射线衍射、X 射线能量色散光谱分析、红外光谱、热重-差热、N₂ 吸附-脱附和 H₂ 程序升温还原等技术对催化剂进行了表征. 结果表明, 在 650 ºC 以上焙烧即可制得结构确定、组成均一的 Mg-Fe-Al-O 复合氧化物催化剂, 其中 Fe 物种主要以同晶取代的形式存在于尖晶石骨架中. 随着焙烧温度的升高, 尖晶石结晶度提高, Fe 物种还原能力下降, 催化剂晶粒度增大, 比表面积降低. 700 ºC 焙烧制备的 MgFe_0.1Al_1.9O₄ 具有较好的催化乙苯与 CO₂ 氧化脱氢反应活性和稳定性.     

Ag2O-Bi2MoO6:制备及光催化降解富里酸

以钼酸铵、硝酸铋和硝酸银为原料, 以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)为辅助活性剂, 采用水热法合成了Ag₂O-Bi₂MoO₆光催化剂。用X射线粉末衍射、扫描电镜及紫外-可见吸收光谱等进行表征, 并对水中天然有机物富里酸进行了光催化氧化研究。结果表明:未掺杂钼酸铋表面平滑, Ag₂O-Bi₂MoO₆表面有明显的小块颗粒存在, 分布集中, 且其XRD图出现Ag₂O的衍射峰。与未掺杂样品相比, 掺杂Ag₂O后Bi₂MoO₆的可见光催化活性提高, 当掺银量为1.5%时活性最高。实验最佳催化剂浓度为0.6 g·L^-1, 在溶液pH值减小、富里酸初始浓度减小时有助于富里酸的去除。富里酸降解过程符合一级反应动力学方程, 拟合方程为y=-0.019 5x。对富里酸降解产物进行发光菌生物毒性测试, 发现光催化2 h后降解产物比处理前毒性降低约90%。