Urea method for the synthesis of hydrotalcites

Mg-Al, Zn-Al and Ni-Al hydrotalcite-like compounds with high crystallinity were synthesized by using the decomposing property of urea at high temperature. The crystallinity and the regularly of the samples were much preferable to those synthesized by other methods. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Synthesis of o-phenylphenol from cyclohexanone over platinum supported on calcined Mg/Al hydrotalcite

A kinetic model is proposed to account for the effect of oxygen during catalyst premodification on the rate and enantioselectivity in hydrogenation of methyl pyruvate over cinchonidine modified platinum catalysts.This revised version was published online in December 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

H-MCM-22和H-MCM-36分子筛对苯与异丙醇烷基化反应的催化性能

由同一前驱体合成了H-MCM-22和H-MCM-36分子筛.采用X射线衍射、N2吸附、程序升温脱附和红外光谱等方法,结合不同的表面后处理手段,研究了分子筛的结构和表面酸性.结果表明,H-MCM-22的B酸中心主要分布在内表面,H-MCM-36的B酸中心主要分布在外表面.H-MCM-36的总B酸量小于H-MCM-22,但其外表面B酸量相对较大.在苯与异丙醇的烷基化反应中,两个分子筛都表现出较为优异的催化性能.与H-MCM-22相比,H-MCM-36具有更高的反应活性和稳定性,对主产物异丙苯具有更好的选择性.结合各种表征结果表明,两个分子筛的外表面B酸中心是苯与异丙醇烷基化反应的主要活性中心.     

Thermally stable amorphous mesoporous aluminophosphates with controllable P/Al ratio: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic performance for selective O-methylation of catechol

Amorphous mesoporous aluminophosphates (AlPO) with P/Al molar ratio in the range 0.8-1.15 are synthesized by using the citric acid (CA) route and are systematically characterized using N(2)-adsorption, XRD, SEM, solid-state CP-MAS NMR, FT-IR, TG-DTA, CO(2)-TPD, and NH(3)-TPD. The characterization studies show that the change in P/Al ratio could affect the structure, texture, thermal stability, and surface acid-base properties of AlPO. Samples with a relatively low P/Al ratio (< or =1.0) exhibit uniform amorphous mesoporous character and high thermal stability (up to 1173 K). Partial crystallization of the AlPO framework easily occurred on the sample with higher P/Al ratio (> or =1.1), thus leading to significant decrease of surface area and formation of particle pile mesopores. Both weak acid and weak base sites are observed over AlPO materials, and the amounts of acid-base sites can be effectively controlled by adjusting the P/Al ratio. The presence of suitable interaction between citric acid and AlPO framework is critical for the formation of mesoporous structures. Both CA and PO(4) units are considered to be ligands to coordinate with aluminum ions, forming relative uniform complexes (such as CA-Al-PO(4)) in the as-synthesized AlPO materials. The mesoporous structure of AlPO materials is obtained after the rapid decomposition of citric acid. Vapor phase selective O-methylation of catechol with methanol reaction is carried out to investigate the catalytic performances of AlPO materials with different P/Al ratios. Among them, AlP(1.1)O shows the highest activity (88.4% conversion of catechol) and the highest yield of guaiacol (74.3%). The presence of suitable weak acid-base pairs may play an important role on the title reaction.     

Oxidation of cyclohexane with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Dawson-type vanadium-substituted heteropolyacids

Summary A series of Dawson-type vanadium-substituted heteropolyacids were synthesized and used as catalysts for the oxidation of cyclohexane. Their catalytic activities increase with the number of the vanadium atom substituted in the heteropolyacids.