New Advances in Catalytic Systems for Conversion of CH4 and CO2

One of the main goals for developing the C1 chemical industry is the direct conversion of methane and carbon dioxide to useful products. To realize this goal, researches on new catalytic systems are being globally focused. The exploration has been evolved from traditional heterogeneous catalysis into homogeneous catalysis. Coordinate complexes, biochemical and bionics, and photo- and electrochemical catalysis have been extensively studied in recent years. Tests in laboratories have verified for the direct conversion of CH4 to CH3OH that single-pass converstion of CH4 can reach over 70% in both Hg(Ⅱ) salt and Pt(Ⅱ) complex systems. The main problem of these systems is the obstacles involving reaction kinetics, so they must be solved before moving to pilot tests. Other catalytic systems discussed in the present article include explorations in the early stage. Among them, features of photo and enzymatic catalyst systems, such as mild reaction conditions, better selectivity and environmentally friendliness have been explored, and these researches are significant both in theory and in practical application.     

甲烷直接催化氧化制备甲醇近期研究进展北大核心CSCD

甲烷合成甲醇的方法包括间接法和直接催化氧化(DMTM)法,但是间接法对设备要求高,且甲烷转化率与甲醇选择性均不理想,DMTM法可通过一步反应高选择性制备甲醇,有巨大的应用潜力。对于甲烷DMTM法合成甲醇,均相催化体系通常需要特殊反应介质与贵金属催化剂相结合,虽然反应效率高,但对反应设备有腐蚀性,产物不易分离,应用前景差。液相-异相催化一般使用H_(2)O_(2)作为氧化剂,Au、Pd、Fe和Cu等金属元素作为催化剂主要活性组分,·OH是主要的氧化活性物,可在低温下实现甲烷的活化氧化。因此,异相催化体系是目前研究的主流。气相-异相催化主要使用O_(2)和N_(2)O为氧化剂,前者氧化性更强,后者对于产品选择性更好,此外,厌氧体系中H_(2)O也可直接作为氧供体,常用Cu、Fe、Rh等元素作为催化剂。沸石分子筛是使用最广泛的载体,金属氧化物、金属有机骨架化合物(MOFs)和石墨烯也均有涉及,多金属协同催化已经取得了很好的效果。本文主要总结与概述了热催化甲烷直接催化氧化制备甲醇的近年相关研究,并对今后的研究方向做出了展望。     

镍基中空纤维催化剂实现甲烷高效电催化转化

随着天然气以及页岩气为代表的非常规天然气的大规模开采,甲烷作为化工原料的直接转化利用受到了越来越多的关注.然而,甲烷分子具有极其稳定的正四面体结构,其物理化学性质非常稳定,如具有高达439 kJ/mol的C-H键能、极弱的电子亲和力、相当大的离子化能量和低的极化率,这都使得甲烷分子C-H键的活化相当困难.如何实现甲烷直接高效催化转化被誉为催化领域的'皇冠式'课题.与经甲烷重整制合成气,然后通过F-T合成获取化学品的间接转化法相比,甲烷直接转化无论在物料、能量转换效率还是在设备成本、环境保护等方面都有着非常明显的优势.以甲烷氧化偶联以及非氧化偶联(如无氧芳构化等)为典型代表的甲烷直接转化研究不断取得突破,但其各自都存在一定的局限性.相比于热催化转化路径,电催化转化路径在许多方面存在着十分明显的优势:(1)反应条件温和,甚至在常温常压条件下也能实现甲烷电催化转化反应的发生;(2)可调控程度高,仅需调节关键实验参数如电压和电流等,就能实现对反应过程热力学以及动力学的调控;(3)能够利用可再生电能驱动甲烷转化反应的发生,可将低品阶的电能转化并存储为化学能.本文采用Ni中空纤维作为基底,在其表面构筑NiO活性层,将NiO@Ni中空纤维作为电极,实现了常温常压条件下的甲烷电催化转化.通过X射线衍射、扫描电镜、透射电镜等表征手段,确定了中空纤维特有的多孔三维结构、气体传输规律、NiO活性层分布状态等物化性质.通过电化学交流阻抗与循环伏安等测试手段,获得了电荷传递、电化学活性比表面积等电化学性质.恒电压电氧化甲烷研究发现,1%NiO@Ni中空纤维具有最优的催化活性,分别在1.44 V与1.46 V(vs.RHE)电势下获得54%的甲醇法拉第效率和85%的乙醇法拉第效率.     

Recent developments in cyclodextrin‐mediated aqueous biphasic hydroformylation and tsuji–trost reactions

New cyclodextrin‐based systems have recently been developed for aqueous organometallic catalysis. Through this review, the major advances made in the field are commented upon and discussed. The role of cyclodextrins as mass transfer promoters, molecular platforms, building blocks for the formation of Pickering emulsions and thermoresponsive catalytic systems is especially emphasized. The catalytic performances of these cyclodextrin‐based catalytic systems are highlighted in two model reactions, namely the rhodium‐catalysed hydroformylation of terminal olefins and the palladium‐catalysed cleavage of allyl carbonates (Tsuji–Trost reaction). Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Selective reduction of nitric oxide with methane on In/H-ZSM-5-based catalysts

There have been many studies on the catalysis of selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with hydrocarbons. It was shown in our previous works that Ir/In/H-ZSM-5 has high catalytic activity and selectivity for this reaction by use of methane as a reductant. The reaction of CH4 -SCR proceeds consecutively as NO oxidation to NO2 and NO2 reduction with CH4 . These two reactions take place bifunctionally on different kinds of catalytic sites: NO oxidation on Ir and NO 2 reduction on InO+ sites. The studies of NOx chemisorption and kinetics of NOx reduction with CH4 lead us to conclude that the bifunctional catalysis is remarkably facilitated by the coexistence of these sites in the identical pores of zeolite, which may be called "intrapore catalysis". In this review, the design of highly active and selective catalysts for this reaction system will be discussed on the basis of bifunctionality.     

能源与环境应用中的微波催化研究进展

微波是一种能量传递方式。与传统电加热相比,微波加热具有加热速度快、热惯性小、选择性加热等特点,因而被视为一种优质的能量来源。微波催化是一种使用微波对反应系统供能,从而推动催化反应进行的化学过程。近年来,许多研究者致力于探索和发展微波催化技术,包括利用微波技术提升化学反应速率、开发具有出色微波吸收能力的催化剂、建立节能环保的微波催化系统等。本文首先介绍了微波的相关理论,讲述了材料对微波的吸收原理;然后从微波催化降解挥发性有机物（Volatile Organic Compounds, VOCs）、微波催化污水处理、微波催化生物质热解和微波催化碳氢化合物转化等方面综述了微波催化在能源环境中的应用;最后对微波催化过程的机理展开了讨论。     

Recent progress on direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reactions

Direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reaction serves as a powerful tool to introduce stereocenter(s) at the γ- or/and even more remote position(s) of the vinylogous products in an atom-economical and efficient way. A variety of direct catalytic asymmetric vinylogous reactions with broad substrate scope and mild reaction conditions has been developed. Both metal catalysis and organocatalysis contributed in this field and led to the vinylogous products in high stereoselectivity. These vinylogous reactions provided efficient pathways for the synthesis of highly functionalized optically pure compounds, especially these with potential biological activity and pharmacological activity. This digest paper mainly focuses on the most recent developments in this field, including both nucleophilic addition and nucleophilic substitution.     

Molecular Oxygen To Regenerate PdII Active Species

Palladium(II) catalysis allows various aerobic oxidation reactions, but the mechanism of the regeneration of the active catalytic species remains, in many cases, undetermined. In recent years, considerable effort has been directed toward the comprehension of the reaction of dioxygen with hydridopalladium(II) and palladium(0) complexes. This Focus Review highlights the results of these experimental and theoretical studies that can contribute to the exploitation of the powerful nature of Pd^II catalysis.     

羧酸酯水解与氨解反应的胶团催化研究

较系统地研究了在有氨和无氨缓冲体系中ｐＨ变化对羧酸酯脱酰反应速度和胶团催化作用的影响，提供在两种缓冲体系中反应速度随溶液ｐＨ变化的规律，结果表明ＣＴＡＢ胶团对对硝基苯酚丙酸酯和乙酸酯水解反应的催化效率随溶液ｐＨ上升而削弱，参硝基苯酚丙酸酯和乙酸酸在含氨的缓冲体系中有水解和氨解反应同时进行，ＣＴＡＢ胶团对水解反应正催化作用，而对氨解反应则显示负催化作用，这使得ＮＨ３－ＮＨ４Ｂｒ缓冲体系中ＣＴＡＢ胶团     

Catalysis of reaction between ozone and 4-hydroxytoluene in acetic anhydride

Kinetics and products of 4-hydroxytoluene oxidation with ozone-air mixture in the presence of transition metal acetates as catalysts have been studied. Main steps of the catalytic series have been considered, and a mechanism of redox catalysis has been proposed which conforms to the experimental data and enables control over the direction, depth, and selectivity of the oxidation. Only manganese(II) acetate has been found to exhibit high catalytic activity in the presence of catalytic amounts of mineral acids. Manganese(II) acetate largely suppresses electrophilic reaction of ozone with the aromatic ring, so that the main reaction direction is oxidation of the methyl group with formation of 4-acetoxybenzyl acetate as the major product (62.6%) and 4-acetoxybenzylidene diacetate as a minor one (10.2%).     

Cooperative Trifunctional Organocatalysts for Proficient Proton Transfer Reactions

Cooperativity is essential to proficient catalysis, and designing biomimetic, cooperative catalysis is a major avenue to finding new and efficient chemical reactions with practical applications. One challenge in designed cooperative catalysis is to access high catalytic proficiency (large enhancement in both rate and enantioselectivity) as seen in biocatalysis. Here described is an approach of developing and investigating trifunctional organocatalysts with three distinct catalytic functionalities, in order to understand how cooperativity could be organized for enantioselective activation that confers the observed proficiency in a tandem Michael‐aldol‐proton transfer elimination model reaction. This in future may assist in finding not just cooperative but also regulated catalysis to expand the level of catalytic complexity and efficiency in biomimetic systems.     

Catalysis in Single Crystalline Materials: From Discrete Molecules to Metal-Organic Frameworks

Catalysis is one of the key techniques for people's modern life. It has created numerous essential chemicals such as biomedicines, agricultural chemicals and unique materials. Heterogeneous catalysis is the new emerging method with reusable catalysts. Among heterogenous catalysis patterns developed so far, single crystalline catalysis has become the promising one owing to its high catalytic density and selectivity resulted by the inherent porosity, orderliness of the lattices and permeability. These crystalline catalysts could be used in various reactions such as photo-dimerization, Diels-Alder reaction, CO₂ transformation and so on. In this review, we highlighted the reported works about the single crystalline catalysts. Both discrete small molecules and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been used to prepare single crystals for catalysis. For discrete molecules based crystalline catalysts, coordinated and covalent molecules have been used. There were more catalytic modes in crystalline MOF catalysts. Three patterns were identified in this review: single crystalline MOFs i) without catalytic sites, ii) with inherent catalytic features and iii) with introducing catalytic units by post synthetic modification. Based on these examples, this review committed to provide the inspirations for the further design and application of single crystalline materials.     

Preparation and Catalytic Activity of PW_(12)/PAn Material in Synthesis of 2-Methyl-2-Ethyl Acetoacetate-1,3-Dioxolane

Acetals and ketals are among the most important perfume materials and industrial materials of organic synthesis. Up to now, there are many methods to synthesize them. Conventionally H2SO4 is used as catalyst in factories, but it causes many problems, such as the erosion of equipment, difficulty for after-treatment, low quality of the products, etc. Heteropolyacids (HPA) and their salts have been extensively studied because of their interesting catalytic properties. Significant research effo…     

Triphase Catalysis [New synthetic methods (27)]

Triphase catalysis (TC) has recently been introduced as a unique form of heterogeneous catalysis in which the catalyst and each of a pair of reactants are located in separate phases. Based on this concept, new synthetic methods have been developed for aqueous phase–organic phase reactions using a solid phase catalyst. Although it is only at an early stage of development, TC shows considerable potential for practical use. Our mechanistic understanding of these highly complex catalytic systems is at present very limited and detailed examination will be required before their relationship to phase-transfer, micellar, and interfacial catalysis becomes clear.     

Enantioselective organocatalytic intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. The asymmetric synthesis of solanapyrone D

The first direct enantioselective organocatalytic intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction has been accomplished. The use of iminium catalysis has provided a new catalytic strategy for the enantioselective [4 + 2] cycloisomerization of a wide variety of tethered diene-enal systems. The use of imidazolidinones 1 and 2 as the asymmetric catalysts has been found to mediate the enantioselective construction of [4.4.0] and [4.3.0] ring systems. Application of this methodology to the highly efficient asymmetric synthesis of the marine metabolite solanpyrone D has also been accomplished. A diverse spectrum of aldehyde substrates can also be accommodated in this new organocatalytic transformation. Importantly, this technology has been utilized to execute the first enantioselective, catalytic Type II IMDA reaction.     

Hydrotalcite-supported gold catalyst for the oxidant-free dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol: studies on support and gold size effects

Gold nanoparticles with uniform mean sizes (≈3 nm) loaded onto various supports have been prepared and studied for the oxidant-free dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and hydrogen. The use of hydrotalcite (HT), which possesses both strong acidity and strong basicity, provides the best catalytic performance. Au/HT catalysts with various mean Au particle sizes (2.1-21 nm) have been successfully prepared by a deposition-precipitation method under controlled conditions. Detailed catalytic reaction studies with these catalysts demonstrate that the Au-catalyzed dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol is a structure-sensitive reaction. The turnover frequency (TOF) increases with decreasing Au mean particle size (from 12 to 2.1 nm). A steep rise in TOF occurs when the mean Au particle size becomes smaller than 4 nm. Our present work suggests that the acid-base properties of the support and the size of Au nanoparticles are two key factors controlling the alcohol dehydrogenation catalysis. A reaction mechanism is proposed to rationalize these results. It is assumed that the activation of the β-C-H bond of alcohol, which requires the coordinatively unsaturated Au atoms, is the rate-determining step.     

Understanding plasmonic catalysis with controlled nanomaterials based on catalytic and plasmonic metals

Recently, it has been established that the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) excitation in plasmonic nanoparticles can be put toward the acceleration and control of molecular transformations. This field, named plasmonic catalysis, has emerged as a new frontier in nanocatalysis. For metals such as silver (Ag), gold (Au), and copper (Cu), the LSPR excitation can take place in the visible and near-infrared ranges, opening possibilities for the conversion of solar to chemical energy and new/alternative reaction pathways not accessible via conventional, thermally activated catalytic processes. As both catalytic and optical properties can be tuned by controlling several physical and chemical parameters at the nanoscale, design-controlled nanomaterials open the door to unlock the potential of plasmonic catalysis both in terms of fundamental understanding and optimization of performances. In this context, after introducing the fundamentals of plasmonic catalysis, we provide an overview on the current understanding of this field enabled by the utilization of designed-controlled nanostructures based on plasmonic and catalytic metals as model systems. We start by discussing trends in plasmonic catalytic performances and their correlation with nanoparticle size, shape, composition, and structure. Then, we highlight how multimetallic compositions and morphologies containing both catalytic and plasmonic components enables one to extend the use of plasmonic catalysis to metals that are important in catalysis but do not support LSPR excitation in the visible range. Finally, we focus on key challenges and perspectives that are critically important to assist us in designing future energy-efficient plasmonic-catalytic materials.     

Stereochemical consequences of threefold symmetry in asymmetric catalysis: distorting C3 Chiral 1,1,1-tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes ("trisox") in CuII Lewis acid catalysts

The underlying conceptual differences in exploiting two- and threefold rotational symmetry in the design of chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis have been addressed in a comparative study of the catalytic performance of bisoxazoline (BOX) and tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes (trisox) containing copper(II) Lewis acid catalysts. The differences become apparent in constructing new catalysts by systematically "deforming" the stereodirecting ligand by inverting chiral centres or replacing chiral by achiral oxazolines. The catalytic alpha-amination of ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate with dibenzyl azodicaboxylate, which occurs with high enantioselectivity for both Ph(2)-BOX and Ph(3)-trisox copper catalysts, has been employed as the test reaction. In the trisox-copper complex [Cu(II)(iPr(3)-trisox)(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)](+)[BF(4)](-) (1), which was characterised by X-ray diffraction, two of the oxazoline groups are coordinated to the central copper atom, whilst the third oxazoline unit is dangling with the N-donor pointing away from the metal centre. A similar arrangement is found for the stereochemically "mixed" C(1)-trisox complex [Cu(II){(Ph(3)-trisox(R,S,S)}(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)(H(2)O)](+)[ClO(4)](-) (2), in which the phenyl substituents adopt a first coordination sphere meso arrangement. The almost identical selectivity of the Ph(3)-trisox(R,R,R)- and Ph(2)-BOX(R,R)-derived catalysts is as expected from the proposed model of the active catalyst based on a partially decoordinated podand. The behaviour of the "desymmetrised" trisox-Cu catalysts may be rationalised in terms of a general steady-state kinetic model for the three possible active bisoxazoline-copper species, which are expected to be in rapid exchange with each other in solution. This applies to both the trisox derivatives with stereochemically inverted and achiral oxazoline rings. The study underscores previous observations of superior performance of the catalysts bearing C(3)-chiral stereodirecting ligands as compared to systems of lower symmetry.     

Metal-Catalyzed Haloalkynylation Reactions

Metal catalysis has revolutionized synthetic chemistry, leading to entirely new, very efficient transformations, which enable access to complex functionalized molecules. One such new transformation method is the haloalkynylation reaction, in which both a halogen atom and an alkynyl unit are transferred to an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond. This minireview summarizes the development of metal-catalyzed haloalkynylation reactions since their beginning about a decade ago. So far, arynes, alkenes and alkynes have been used as unsaturated systems and the reactivities of these systems are summarized in individual chapters of the minireview. Especially, the last few years have witnessed a rapid development due to gold-catalyzed reactions. Here, we discuss how the choice of the catalytic system influences the regio- and stereoselectivity of the addition.     

吸附胶团和吸附胶团催化

介绍了吸附胶团的结构特点、影响吸附胶团催化的一些因素和在固体表面上的固定化表面活性剂体系的催化作用。吸附胶团是表面活性剂在固-液界面形成的缔合结构,它可以是吸附单层、双层、半球形、球形等。吸附胶团和利用接枝等技术在固体表面形成的不溶性表面活性剂体系,在一定条件下,可对某些反应起催化作用,有利于提高反应产率并使反应产物分离变得容易,这将使胶团催化的实际应用成为可能。