基于 H2/O2 等离子体和钛硅沸石的丙烯气相环氧化方法

 将 H₂/O₂ 非平衡等离子体现场产生的气态 H₂O₂和丙烯与耦合反应器中钛硅沸石 TS-1 直接接触, 实现了丙烯气相环氧化反应. 结果表明, 非平衡等离子体生成气态 H₂O₂ 的速率由介质阻挡放电的输入功率决定, 环氧丙烷的生成速率和选择性取决于钛硅沸石催化剂和反应条件. 在 H₂ 和 O₂ 进料流量分别为 170 和 8 ml/min, 介质阻挡放电输入功率为 3.5 W, 环氧化反应温度为 110 ^oC, 丙烯进料量为 18 ml/min, 催化剂用量为 0.8 g 的条件下, 生成环氧丙烷产率达 246.9 g/(kg•h)、环氧丙烷选择性和 H₂O₂ 有效利用率分别为 95.4% 和 36.1%, 反应 36 h 内未见催化剂失活.     

Epoxidation of propylene with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by heteropolyphosphatotungstate

The epoxidation of propylene with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by a reaction-controlled phase transfer catalyst (RCPT) composed of quaternary ammonium heteropolyoxotungstates in acetonitrile medium is studied. The influence of several factors on the reaction is studied, such as the reaction temperature, the effect of H₂O amount, the reaction time, the effect of the catalyst amount, solvent effect and the recycle of the catalyst. Under mild conditions, H₂O₂ conversion is 98.6%, and propylene oxide (PO) selectivity based on H₂O₂ is 97.2%. During the epoxidation, the catalyst is dissolved in the solution. However, after H₂O₂ is used up, the catalyst can be recovered as a precipitate and can be recycled. We find that the recycled catalyst has similar catalytic activity as the fresh one.     

反应控制相转移催化原位过氧化氢环氧化丙烯反应

 以原位 H₂O₂ 为氧源, 在新型反应控制相转移催化剂 (RCPTC) 作用下丙烯环氧化反应中, 考察了反应温度、反应时间、H₂O₂ 浓度和催化剂浓度对反应性能的影响. 结果表明, 在适宜的反应条件下, RCPTC 催化剂循环使用 5 次后, 环氧丙烷产率仍维持在 85.6% 以上, 且催化剂循环反应 3 次后, 其组成趋于稳定.     

Theoretical study of propylene epoxidation heterogeneous-homogeneous mechanism over MoOx/SiO2 catalyst

The green direct propylene (C₃H₆) epoxidation on MoO_x is well studied by experimental methods, but detailed molecular reaction mechanism studies using in-silico experiments method are few. Here, the different oxidation heterogeneous-homogeneous pathways for MoO_x/SiO₂ catalyst are calculated, mainly involving Mo=O on di-oxo tetracoordinate MoO_x, allyl peroxy (C₃H₅OO•), and allyloxy (C₃H₅O•) radicals. The results show that, for surface reaction mechanism with Mo=O, the barriers of propylene oxide (PO) and acetone generation are too high; in comparison, the byproduct acrolein is more beneficial product with a lower barrier. In heterogeneous-homogeneous pathways, the desorbed allyl (C₃H₅•) from the surface can easily combine with O₂ to synthesize C₃H₅OO• radical, and in the partial oxidation of propylene with C₃H₅OO• as an oxidant, PO is more beneficial with a low barrier compared to byproducts such as propanal, acetone, acetaldehyde, etc. These indicate that (a) gas-phase free radical reactions have important effects on PO generation, in which C₃H₅OO• is the main active species; (b) on MoO_x surface, Mo=O is difficult to be used as the active O species for PO production. Further research is needed on other active sites such as Mo-O-Mo or defective sites.     

Phosphorus modified MoO<Subscript>3</Subscript>–Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>SiO<Subscript>5</Subscript>/SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> catalyst for gas-phase epoxidation of propylene by molecular oxygen

The phosphorus (P) modified MoO₃–Bi₂SiO₅/SiO₂ catalyst was prepared by a simple co-impregnation method and investigated in the epoxidation of propylene by molecular oxygen. The catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N₂ adsorption–desorption analysis, NH₃-temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD), transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. It was found that the P-modified MoO₃–Bi₂SiO₅/SiO₂ catalyst with a P/Mo molar ratio of 0.5 exhibits the best catalytic performance for epoxidation of propylene by O₂, the TOFs for propylene oxide (PO) formation was four times higher than that of the unmodified one at 633 K. The modification by P could promote the dispersion of MoO₃ nanoparticles and increase the number of weak and moderate acid sites with respect to the phosphorus-free MoO₃–Bi₂SiO₅/SiO₂ catalyst, which were beneficial to the formation of PO. Moreover, the introduction of P also could protect the mesoporous structure by inhibiting the formation of Bi₂Mo₃O₁₂, which was beneficial to the dispersion of active species. We suppose that the phosphorus, bismuth and molybdenum species of P-modified MoO₃–Bi₂SiO₅/SiO₂ catalyst play important roles for propylene epoxidation by molecular oxygen.     

固定床反应器上挤条小晶粒TS-1催化丙烯环氧化反应

采用纳米TS-1母液作为晶种, 在四丙基溴化铵(TPABr)-乙胺廉价水热体系中, 合成出晶粒尺寸为600 nm×400 nm×250 nm的小晶粒钛硅分子筛(TS-1), 用挤条法将其成型, 得到的挤条小晶粒TS-1被用于催化固定床反应器中的丙烯环氧化反应. 采用X射线衍射(XRD)光谱, 傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱, 紫外-可见(UV-Vis)漫反射光谱及氮气物理吸附对挤条成型的小晶粒TS-1进行表征, 并对丙烯环氧化的最优反应条件进行考察. 其中所考察的条件包括: 反应温度, 压力, 丙烯/H₂O₂摩尔比(n(C₃H₆)/n(H₂O₂)), 丙烯、甲醇及H₂O₂的质量空速(WHSV), 以及NH₃·H₂O浓度. 在所考察的范围内, 温度对环氧丙烷(PO)收率的影响较小, 当反应压力为2.0 MPa, n(C₃H₆)/n(H₂O₂)为4时, 可以得到最高的PO收率. 当丙烯、甲醇及H₂O₂的空速分别为0.93、2.5及0.25 h^-1时, PO在产物中的含量最高. 较低的NH₃·H₂O浓度对高PO收率更有利. 在优化的反应条件下, 对比不同晶粒大小TS-1的催化性能, 并考察了挤条小晶粒TS-1的长期运转性能, 连续反应1000 h, H₂O₂转化率及PO选择性仍能维持在95%以上.     

UV‐Assisted Removal of Inactive Peroxide Species for Sustained Epoxidation of Cyclooctene on Anatase TiO2

Epoxidation of olefins with H₂O₂ is one of the most important reactions in organic synthesis. We found that anatase TiO₂ can be a good catalyst for the epoxidation of cyclooctene with H₂O₂ at room temperature. However, the catalyst deactivated quickly in the presence of excess amount of H₂O₂ because of the formation of inactive side‐on Ti‐η²‐peroxide species on the surface of TiO₂, the presence of which was confirmed by isotope‐labelled resonance UV Raman spectroscopy and kinetics studies. Interestingly, the epoxidation reaction could be dramatically accelerated under irradiation of UV light with λ≥350 nm. This phenomenon is attributed to the photo‐assisted removal of the inactive peroxide species, through which the active sites on the surface of anatase TiO₂ are regenerated and the catalytic epoxidation of cyclooctene with H₂O₂ is resumed. This finding provides an alternative for sustained epoxidation reactions on TiO₂ at room temperature. Moreover, it also has significant implications on the deactivation pathway and possible solutions in Ti‐based heterogeneous catalysis or photocatalysis.     

Effects of organic solvent addition on the epoxidation of propene catalyzed by TS-1

Effects of organic solvent addition on the epoxidation of propene catalyzed by TS-1 were studied. It was found that addition of 1,2-dichloroethane to the reaction increased not only the conversion and utilization efficiency of H₂O₂, but also the selectivity to PO. The origin of the effects was studied through the characterization of the catalysts after the reaction and the influence of organic solvents on the decomposition of H₂O₂ and PO.     

Gas-phase propene epoxidation over coinage metal catalysts

Propene oxide (PO) is a very important bulk chemical and is produced on a scale of about 7.5 million tons per year. In industry, PO is produced via multiple reaction steps in the liquid phase, using hazardous chlorine or costly organic hydroperoxides as oxidants. Accordingly, development of a simple and green process to produce PO has been desired. This paper presents an overview of one-step propene epoxidation in the gas phase over coinage metal catalysts with a mixture of O₂ and H₂ or with molecular O₂ alone as oxidant. Silver (Ag) and gold (Au) catalysts can catalyze propene epoxidation with a mixture of O₂ and H₂, with high selectivity, whereas copper (Cu) catalysts cannot. In this reaction Au catalysts are much more active than Ag catalysts. All the coinage metals can catalyze propene epoxidation by molecular O₂, but with selectivity usually below 60%. The valence states of Cu species and the sizes of Ag particles and Au particles are of crucial importance in PO synthesis.     

State of titanium in Ti-containing silica and silicalite catalysts in relation to their oxidation activity

The nature of active titanium species for epoxidation of olefins with H₂O₂ and t-butyl hydroperoxide has been investigated for titanium silicalite (TS-1), titania silica (TiO₂/SiO₂) prepared by a sol-gel method, and titanium oxide supported on silica by a CVD method (TiO₂/SiO₂-CVD). IR and XANES analyses suggested that Ti in TiO₂/SiO₂ and TiO₂/SiO₂-CVD has a tetrahedral configuration bonded to SiO₂ and that in TS-1 has a configuration composed of >Ti=O or related to it. Their configurations are closely related to their reactivities for epoxidation of olefins in which the former works with t-butyl hydroperoxide and the latter with H₂O₂.     

用原位红外技术研究Ag-MoO3/ZrO2催化丙烯气相环氧化反应

制备了对丙烯直接气相环氧化具有优良催化性能的Ag-MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂, 采用原位FT-IR技术研究了丙烯、环氧丙烷及丙烯和氧气混合气在载体和催化剂上的吸附及反应行为. 研究表明, 丙烯在ZrO₂载体和20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上吸附后, 均不发生化学反应, 而环氧丙烷在ZrO₂载体上吸附后于400 ℃发生开环反应, 在20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上吸附后于300 ℃发生开环反应. 当丙烯和氧气混合气在ZrO₂载体上共吸附后, 随着反应温度从室温升高至400 ℃, 二者开始反应生成CO₂和H₂O; 混合气在20%Ag-4%MoO₃/ZrO₂催化剂上共吸附后于350 ℃开始反应. 对比非负载型Ag-MoO₃催化剂的研究结果可见, ZrO₂载体的存在使催化剂的活性下降的同时, 提高了对产物环氧丙烷的选择性.     

反应控制相转移催化环氧化苯乙烯

研究了磷钨杂多酸盐反应控制相转移催化H2O2直接氧化苯乙烯制环氧苯乙烷的反应,考察了溶剂、H₂O₂用量、催化剂用量、反应温度、时间、苯乙烯浓度等因素对反应的影响。 获得的适宜的反应条件为：乙酸乙酯为溶剂,n(苯乙烯)∶n(H₂O₂)∶n(催化剂)=300∶300∶1,反应温度60 ℃,反应时间6 h,反应液中苯乙烯质量分数为10%。 在该条件下,苯乙烯的转化率为85.5%,环氧苯乙烷的选择性为84.9%。 催化剂可过滤回收,循环使用2次后的活性无明显下降。     

WO3–SiO2 nanomaterials synthesized using a novel template-free method in supercritical CO2 as heterogeneous catalysts for epoxidation with H2O2

A series of tungsten oxide-silica (WO₃–SiO₂) composite nanomaterials were synthesized through a novel, template-free sol-gel method, in which supercritical-CO₂ (scCO₂) was utilized as synthesis medium. The efficacy of the synthesis method stems from a tailored reactor design that allows the contact of the reactants only in the presence of scCO₂. Selected synthetic parameters were screened with the purpose of enhancing the performance of the resulting materials as heterogeneous catalysts in epoxidation reactions with H₂O₂ as environmentally friendly oxidant. A cyclooctene conversion of 73% with epoxide selectivity of > 99% was achieved over the best WO₃–SiO₂ catalyst under mild reaction conditions (80 °C), equimolar H₂O₂ amount (1:1) and low WO₃ loading (~2.5 wt%). The turnover number achieved with this catalyst (TON = 328), is significantly higher than that of a WO₃–SiO₂ prepared via a similar sol-gel route but without supercritical CO₂, and that of commercial WO₃. A thorough characterization with a combination of techniques (ICP-OES, N₂-physisorption, XRD, TEM, STEM-EDX, SEM-EDX, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy, XPS, TGA and FT-IR analysis of adsorbed pyridine) allowed correlating the physicochemical properties of the WO₃–SiO₂ nanomaterials with their catalytic performance. The high catalytic activity was attributed to: (i) the very high surface area (892 m²/g) and (ii) good dispersion of the W species acting as Lewis acid sites, which were both brought about by the synthesis in supercritical CO₂, and (iii) the relatively low hydrophilicity, which was tuned by optimizing the tetramethyl orthosilicate concentration and the amount of basic solution used in the synthesis of the materials. Our optimum catalyst was also tested in the reaction of cyclohexene with H₂O₂, resulting in cyclohexane diol as main product due to the presence of strong Brønsted acid sites in the catalyst, whereas the reaction with limonene yielded the internal epoxide as the major product and the corresponding diol as side product. Importantly, the catalyst did not show leaching and could be reused in five consecutive runs without any decrease in activity.     

Synergistic Interplay of a Non‐Heme Iron Catalyst and Amino Acid Coligands in H2O2 Activation for Asymmetric Epoxidation of α‐Alkyl‐Substituted Styrenes

Highly enantioselective epoxidation of α‐substituted styrenes with aqueous H₂O₂ is described by using a chiral iron complex as the catalyst and N‐protected amino acids (AAs) as coligands. The amino acids synergistically cooperate with the iron center in promoting an efficient activation of H₂O₂ to catalyze epoxidation of this challenging class of substrates with good yields and stereoselectivities (up to 97 % ee) in short reaction times.     

Synthesis, physical–chemical, and catalytic properties of mixed compositions Ag/H3PMo12O40/SiO2

Deposited catalysts composition H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀/SiO₂ and Ag/H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀/SiO₂ have been synthesized on the basis of fumed silica, including milling technique. Physical–chemical characteristics of prepared catalysts have been studied by means of XRD, DTA-TG, FTIR, UV–Vis spectroscopy, and adsorption of nitrogen. Catalysts possess meso- or meso-macroporous structure and contain deposited Keggin heteropolycompounds. Deposition of heteropolycompounds on support with high specific surface area results in increase of selectivity to epoxide in epoxidation reactions. The use of milling during catalyst synthesis leads to further growth of selectivity of epoxides formation.     

Preparation, structure and performance of TS-1 zeolite-coated Au�CPd/TiO2�CSiO2 capsule catalyst for propylene epoxidation with oxygen and hydrogen

A compact zeolite membrane of TS-1 was crystallized on the surface of Au?CPd/TiO₂?CSiO₂ catalyst pellets by a hydrothermal synthesis method. The synthesized capsule catalyst has a core?Cshell structure without pinholes and cracks. For the reaction of propylene epoxidation using oxygen and hydrogen, the synthesized capsule catalyst shows much higher propylene conversion and PO yield than those of the conventional physically mixed catalyst with the same composition. The core?Cshell capsule catalyst provides a tailor-made confined reaction environment, which can be extended to various consecutive reactions as the shell and core components are independent catalysts of different reactions.     

Ni/SiO2-ZrO2催化剂焙烧温度对其催化愈创木酚加氢脱氧性能的影响简

采用化学沉淀法合成了SiO₂-ZrO₂复合氧化物载体,并以浸渍法制备了Ni/SiO₂-ZrO₂双功能催化剂,考察了焙烧温度对催化剂结构及其催化愈创木酚加氢脱氧制环己烷性能的影响. 结果表明,经500℃焙烧催化剂的加氢脱氧活性最高,在Ni金属中心和SiO₂-ZrO₂载体材料的协同作用下,愈创木酚转化率为100%,环己烷选择性为96.8%. 对催化剂进行N₂物理吸附、H₂化学吸附、X射线衍射分析、H₂程序升温还原、NH₃程序升温脱附与Raman光谱等表征后发现,合成的SiO₂-ZrO₂为无定形的酸碱两性氧化物;经500℃焙烧的催化剂样品的有效比表面积和孔体积均明显增大,表面酸量最多,硝酸镍分解成小颗粒的NiO较易被H₂还原,这些特性是该催化剂样品具有高效加氢脱氧活性的原因.     

CoO/SiO2-Al2O3催化剂上苯胺和1,6-己二醇气相高效合成1-苯基氮杂环庚烷

研究了CoO/SiO2-Al2O3催化剂上苯胺和1,6-己二醇气相催化合成1-苯基氮杂环庚烷的反应,并采用N2吸附-脱附、X射线衍射、H2程序升温还原和NH3程序升温脱附技术对催化剂进行表征.结果表明,CoO/SiO2-Al2O3催化剂表现出较高的活性和选择性.当CoO担载量为0.3mmol/g时,催化剂前体在700℃...     

改性Ag/α-Al_2O_3催化丙烯气相环氧化反应

制备了以分子氧为氧化剂,对丙烯气相环氧化具有较好催化性能的改性负载银催化剂,并利用氧气程序升温脱附(O2-TPD)技术研究了氧在其表面上的脱附行为.实验结果表明:Ag/α-Al2O3催化剂只能使丙烯完全氧化成二氧化碳和水;当该催化剂用K2O改性后,可获得少量的环氧丙烷;Y2O3改性的Ag/α-Al2O3催化剂,可获得极少量的丙醛和丙酮;将0.1%(w)Y2O3添加到Ag-K2O/α-Al2O3后,可以显著提高催化剂的丙烯环氧化性能.在0.1MPa、245℃、20%C3H6/8%O2/72%N2和气体空速2000h-1的反应条件下,通过20%(w)Ag-0.1%Y2O3-0.1%K2O/α-Al2O3催化剂时,丙烯转化率为4.0%,环氧丙烷的选择性为46.8%.O2-TPD研究表明,少量的Y2O3、K2O或Y2O3-K2O作为助剂添加到20%Ag/α-Al2O3催化剂中时,减少了高温区与丙烯完全氧化有关的吸附氧物种的量,低温区余下的吸附氧物种量不变,有利于丙烯环氧化反应,提高了环氧丙烷的选择性.     

The Strained Sesquiterpene β‐Caryophyllene as a Probe for the Solvent‐Assisted Epoxidation Mechanism

In our attempt to synthesize β‐caryophyllene oxide in food‐compatible conditions, we observed the uncatalyzed and highly selective epoxidation of β‐caryophyllene, a strained bicyclic sesquiterpene, in ethanol with aqueous H₂O₂ under radical‐suppressing conditions without the addition of a catalyst. The unusual reactivity of β‐caryophyllene allowed us to use it as a probe for the mechanism of the solvent‐assisted epoxidation in a wide range of organic solvents. A kinetic study was performed to investigate the epoxidation mechanism; an excellent correlation was found between the observed epoxidation rates in different solvents and the Abraham’s hydrogen bond formation parameters of these solvents. By means of computational analysis, it was found that the main role of the solvent consists of the stabilization of the elongated O?O bond of H₂O₂ in the transition state through hydrogen‐bond donation to the leaving OH moiety of H₂O₂. α‐Humulene was found to possess similar reactivity as β‐caryophyllene whereas isocaryophyllene—the unstrained isomer of β‐caryophyllene—was unreactive.