Catalytic reduction of nitrogen dioxide with propene in the presence and absence of oxygen over various metal oxides

Over metal oxides (SiO₂, ZrO₂, Al₂O₃, MgO, La₂O₃, and CaO) with-H values of metal oxide formation higher than 700 kJ/mol, C₃H₆ reacts with NO₂ in preference to O₂.     

Oxidation of thiophene over copper-manganese mixed oxides

Commercial hopcalite calcined at different temperatures and hopcalite modified with noble metals (Pt, Pd, and Au) were studied in oxidation of thiophene. Surface and bulk properties of catalysts were studied using temperature-programmed reduction (TPR_H2), X-ray diffraction method (XRD) and thermal analysis (TG-DTA-MS). It was shown that calcined samples displayed higher activity in comparison with commercial untreated hopcalite; however, a lower temperature of calcination was favourable. High temperature of thermal treatment induced an increase in the crystallinity and a decrease in the surface area of the samples, and, as a consequence, the loss of catalysts activity. Moreover, marked improvement in the catalytic performance of platinum and palladium modified catalysts in relation to base hopcalite was observed. The obtained results indicate that the higher activity of samples containing Pt and Pd was accompanied by better reducibility of the catalysts. Presented at the 35th International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, 26–30 May 2008.     

Oxidation of CO and hydrocarbons over perovskite-type complex oxides

The catalytic activity of perovskites M^IM^IIO₃ (M^I=La; M^II=Co, Mn, Cr, Al, Ni, and V) and M^ICoO₃ (M=Y, Nd, Sm, and Er) in the oxidation of CO, propylene, and ethylbenzene was investigated. The highest activity was observed for the M^ICoO₃ catalysts with perfect perovskite structure. The nature of the rare-earth element has no influence on the catalytic activity. Deformation of the octahedral coordination of the metal was found for the less active catalysts. The interaction of gases (CO, CO+air) with the catalyst surface was investigated. The more active catalysts adsorb a greater amount of O₂, and the adsorption occurs in the temperature region of the oxidation reaction. The activities of the perovskite- and spinel-type catalysts were compared under similar conditions. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 698–701, April, 1999.     

Oxidation ofn-butane and propene on exhydrotalcite Mg, Al, Fe mixed oxides

Oxidative dehydrogenation ofn-butane and propene has been studied on six Mg−Al−Fe oxide catalysts prepared by thermal decomposition of layered double hydroxides with a hydrotalcite-like structure, possessing Mg²⁺ and Al³⁺ ions in the brucite-like layers, and hexacyanoferrate in the interlayers. In all cases, CO₂ and H₂O are formed, together with minor amounts of ethylene and methane. On the solids prepared from hexacyanoferrate(II), formation of benzene is also observed.     

Oxidation of propene in the gas phase

A series of laboratory and modelling experiments on the oxidation of propene in the gas phase has been undertaken to determine conditions which give high yields of propene oxide. The conditions under which the experiments were conducted were 505–549 K and up to 4 bar pressure. It is proposed that propene oxide is formed from propene by reaction with several peroxy radicals including HO₂ and CH₃CO₃. However, one of the more important radicals is hydroxypropylperoxy. Its reaction with propene, under these conditions is more important than concerted decomposition to formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Catalytic reduction of dinitrogen monoxide by carbon monoxide over various metal oxides

A volcano-shaped relationship was obtained between the temperature Tc, where a given conversion (per unit surface area of the catalyst) attained, and the heat of formation, Q, of metal oxide, suggesting that the mechanism of the reaction depended upon Q-value.

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Hydrothermal synthesis of tungsten molybdenum mixed oxides

The phase composition, particle size, and morphology of ultrafine products recovered as a result of hydrothermal treatment of precursor solutions were studied. The precursor solutions were prepared by ion exchange and contained various proportions of tungsten and molybdenum. When tungsten percentages in the precursor solution were 20–95 mol %, the major synthesis product was a mixed oxide (substitutional solid solution (W, Mo)O₃ · 1/3H₂O based on the structure of crystal hydrate WO₃ · 1/3H₂O). When the tungsten percentage was 5 mol %, the product was (W, Mo)O₃ solid solution with the structure of orthorhombic MoO₃. Particle shapes and sizes (ranging from 20 to 8 000 nm) were dictated by the proportion between tungsten and molybdenum compounds in the precursor solution and by the method used to prepare the precursor.     

Synthesis of tungsten oxides with cellular structure

Being exposed to hydrochloric acid vapor, solutions of a surfactant and sodium tungstate form tungstic-acid-based materials with a structure representing a system of interpenetrating hollow spheres 2–8 μm in diameter constructed from lamellar H₂WO₄ crystals with a thickness of 80–200 nm. The reduction of the tungstic-acid-based material with hydrogen gives rise to the formation of a material based on tungsten(IV) oxide (WO₂), which retains the initial structure. The adsorption capacity of the tungstic-acid-based materials is determined with respect to benzene. The specific surface area of the obtained materials is 60–110 m²/g.     

Defect chemistry of doped bixbyite oxides

Activated bixbyite oxides (e.g. Eu:Lu₂O₃) are being considered as radiation detectors. In an attempt to improve their optical efficiency and decrease afterglow, these compounds have been doped with aliovalent cations. Here, atomistic scale computer simulation has been used to predict the defect processes associated with the solution of extrinsic divalent and tetravalent ions. These calculations provide a mechanistic framework through which it is possible to identify how specific doping schemes modify the populations of defects that could influence scintillator performance. A change in solution site preference is predicted for both divalent and tetravalent solutions as a function of dopant and host lattice cation radii.     

Bond lengths and valences in tungsten oxides

Equations relating bond strength (valence) to bond length have been developed for tungsten-oxygen and phosphorus-oxygen bonds. Bond-valence sums have been carried out for the different tungsten atoms in phosphate tungsten bronzes and other mixed-valence tungsten oxides and for the Mo atoms in TeMo₅O₁₆. Valences intermediate between 5 and 6 are generally found, in agreement with physical measurements that indicate delocalization of d electrons in these materials. Evidence is presented that shows that the degree of distortion of WO₆ octahedra increases with apparent oxidation state of tungsten.     

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.     

On propene hydroformylation and hydrogenation over palladium

The complex kinetic influence of surface species of catalysts is discussed for propene hydrogenation and hydroformylation over sodium supported palladium and palladium catalyst. The reaction orders in CO demonstrate the involvement of CO in propene hydrogenation. Therefore, an additional pathway for hydrogenation with formation of a complex between CO and hydrogen, which further reacts with propene, is advanced.     

Oxidation of sulfites on vanadium-molybdenum oxides

The low temperature emission of ¹O₂ singlet oxygen from xV₂O₅ · yMoO₃ binary oxides is investigated by means of flash desorption. Conditions for the generation of ¹O₂ on their surfaces are determined, along with the correlation between the amount of ¹O₂ and the degree of NaHSO₃ conversion in the oxidation reaction. It is shown that on the surface of oxides there are oxygen species that upon decomposition produce ¹O₂ involved in the oxidation of HSO ₃ ^? .     

Oxidation of o-xylene on tin-antimony oxides

Arcolein adsorption on - and -polymorphous modifications of CoMoO₄ has been studied by the thermal desorption technique. The effect of molybdenum coordination on the bond strength of surface acrolein compounds has been treated in terms of the interaction between frontier molecular orbitals of the active center and acrolein.

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Oxidation of dicarboxycellulose by nitrogen oxides

Summary In the oxidation of dicarboxycellulose by nitrogen oxides there is very strong hindrance to typical oxidation at C₆ in the anhydroglucose units in fragments with an open pyran ring.     

Correlation between acidity and catalytic activity for the methanol dehydration over various aluminum oxides

Dehydration of methanol into dimethyl ether (DME) was carried out over aluminum oxides with different crystalline phases, viz. η-Al₂O₃, γ-Al₂O₃, θ-Al₂O₃, (χ + γ)-Al₂O₃, δ-Al₂O₃, α-Al₂O₃, and κ-Al₂O₃. The catalytic activity decreased in the following order: η-Al₂O₃ > γ-Al₂O₃ ? θ-Al₂O₃ ? (χ + γ)-Al₂O₃ ? δ-Al₂O₃ > α-Al₂O₃ ≈ κ-Al₂O₃. Several techniques: N₂ physisorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of NH₃, and FT-IR spectroscopy after pyridine adsorption were employed to characterize these solid acid catalysts. The good correlation can be found between the catalytic activity and the amount of Lewis acid site determined by the FT-IR spectra after pyridine adsorption.     

Production of propene from 1-butene metathesis reaction on tungsten based heterogeneous catalysts

A new propene production route from 1-butene metathesis has been developed on heterogeneous 10WO₃/Al₂O₃-HY catalysts with different HY contents. It is found that the catalysts play bi-functionally first for the isomerization of 1-butene to 2-butene and then for the cross-metathesis between 1-butene and 2-butene to propene and 2-pentene. The combination of HY zeolite and Al₂O₃ is prerequisite for the production of propene. The propene yield keeps increasing with the HY content in the range of 10–70 wt%, where 10WO₃/Al₂O₃-70HY exhibits the highest propene yield. The MS-H₂-TPR and MS-O₂-TPO characterizations indicate that the increase of HY content in the catalysts weakens the interaction between W species and supports, whereas enhance the probability of coking on the metal species and acid sites.