Mechanism of dehydrogenation of cyclohexane on the crystalline α-oxide of chromium

Russian Chemical Bulletin - Dehydrogenation of cyclohexane on crystalline α-Cr2O3 proceeds according to a sextet-type mechanism. This conclusion agrees with the structural principles of...     

Catalytic properties of α-U3O8 in dehydrogenation and dehydration; the energies of the bonds of carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen with the catalyst

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Anionic Polymerization of α-Methylstyrene. IX. Nature of the Propagating Species

Abstract

The nature of the initiating and propagating species involved in the anionic polymerization of α-methylstyrene has been explored. The earlier hypothesis that multimodal GPC molecular weight distributions in polymers arise solely out of different reaction steps or different ion-pair mechanisms being involved has been modified for poly-α-methylstyrene. Multimodal GPC molecular weight distributions in poly-α-methylstyrene initiated with potassium at 25°C and polymerized at 25°C or higher in THF, p-dioxane, or cyclohexane as solvents have been ascribed to the presence of two different types of tetramers which grow simultaneously but at different rates, each responding to its own well-defined thermodynamic equilibrium and yielding dormant and living polymers. Reaction schemes describing the initiation (at 25°C) and propagation reactions (between -25 and 60°C) in the polymerization (in solution of THF as well as in bulk) of α-methylstyrene initiated with potassium-naphthalene, butyl-lithium, and butyllithium-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) have been presented. The role of coordinating agents naphthalene and TMEDA in changing irreversible propagations into reversible ones has been emphasized.     

Synthesis of palladium-rhodium bimetallic nanoparticles for formic acid dehydrogenation

Herein,we report for the first time the synthesis of preformed bimetallic Pd-Rh nanoparticles with different Pd:Rh ratios(nominal molar ratio:80-20,60-40,40-60,20-80) and the corresponding Pd and Rh monometallic ones by sol immobilization using polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) as protecting agent and NaBH4 as reducing agent,using carbon nanofibers with high graphitization degree(HHT) as the desired support.The synthesized catalysts were characterized by means of Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy(ICP-OES).TEM shows that the average particle size of the Pd-Rh nanoparticles is the range of 3-4 nm,with the presence of few large agglomerated nanoparticles.For bimetallic catalysts,EDX-STEM analysis of individual nanoparticles demonstrated the presence of random-alloyed nanoparticles even in all cases Rh content is lower than the nominal one(calculated Pd:Rh molar ratio:90-10,69-31,49-51,40-60).The catalytic performance of the Pd-Rh catalysts was evaluated in the liquid phase dehydrogenation of formic acid to H2.It was found that Pd-Rh molar ratio strongly influences the catalytic performance.Pd-rich catalysts were more active than Rh-rich ones,with the highest activity observed for Pd90:Rh10(1792 h^-1),whereas Pd69:Rh31(921 h^-1) resulted the most stable during recycling tests.Finally,Pd90:Rh10 was chosen as a representative sample for the liquid-phase hydrogenation of muconic acid using formic acid as hydrogen donor,showing good yield to adipic acid.     

Assessing the activity concentration of β-emitters by means of the end-window g.m. tube

The activity concentrations of β-emitters including ³⁵S (0.15 MeV) and presumably also ¹⁴C (0.14 MeV) may be determined with satisfactory accuracy using an end-window G.M. counter. For single preparations (if weighed), the described procedure warrants that the standard error will not exceed 0.8%, if the amount of substrate is kept below 0.2 mg/cm², and if carrier-free solutions are avoided. With a minimum of 4 preparations per sample solution, the error of the mean should not exceed 0.4%,     

Oxidative dehydrogenation of n-octane over a vanadium–magnesium oxide catalyst: Influence of the gas hourly space velocity

Oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of n-octane was carried out over a vanadium–magnesium oxide catalyst in a continuous flow fixed bed reactor. The catalyst was characterized by ICP–OES, powder XRD and SEM. The catalytic tests were carried out at different gas hourly space velocities (GHSVs), viz. 4000, 6000, 8000, and 10,000 h^?1. The best selectivity for octenes was obtained at the GHSV of 8000 h^?1, while that for C8 aromatics was attained at the GHSV of 6000 h^?1 at high temperatures (500 and 550 °C). The catalytic testing at the GHSV of 10,000 h^?1 showed the lowest activity, while that at the GHSV of 4000 h^?1 consistently showed the lowest ODH selectivity. Generally, the best ODH performance was obtained by the catalytic testing at the GHSVs of 6000 and 8000 h^?1. No phasic changes were observed after the catalytic testing.     

Polymorphism of Inclusion Complexes and Unsolvated Hosts. I. Trimorphism of the Host-Guest Complex of Gossypol with Dichloromethane. The Structure of the β-Phase

The formation of host-guest complexes of gossypol at different temperatures has been investigated for the same pressure and concentration. Gossypol forms three different clathrates with dichloromethane within the temperature interval of 22-36 °C. Single crystals of these three modifications (phases) were obtained and their crystallographic parameters measured. The structure of the -phase has been determined previously and the -phase is isostructural to the inclusion complex of gossypol with benzene, while the structure of the -phase has been solved during the present research. Crystals of C30H30O8·CH2Cl2 are triclinic, space group P1, a = 8.604(1), b = 11.858(2), c = 14.405(2) (Å), = 84.60(1), = 89.14(1), = 89.73(1)°, V = 1463(1) Å3, Z = 2, R = 0.089 for 2419 observed reflections.Under ambient conditions gossypol forms unstable tubulates of the -phase; the -phase is a stable cage-type clathrate (cryptate) and the host-guest complex of the -phase is a clathrate of intermediate tubulato-cryptate type.     

Polymorphism of Inclusion Complexes and Unsolvated Hosts. II. Structure of the β-Dimorph of the Host-Guest Complex of Dianilinegossypol with Ethylacetate

Depending on crystallization conditions, dianilinegossypol and ethylacetate form low (ambient temperature, -phase) and high temperature (t = 35°C, -phase) clathrate modifications. The structure of the -phase has been discussed earlier [1]. Crystals of the 1 : 1 -phase complex, C42H40O6N2·C4O2H8, are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 11.362(6), b = 19.479(9), c = 19.085(9) Å, = 103.21(4)°, V = 4112(3)Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.084 for 3210 observed reflections.In these complexes centrosymmetric dimers of dianilinegossypol molecules formed via O(5)—H···O(3) hydrogen bonds are associated into columns by a weak O(8)—H···O(7) H-bond. A difference in the structure of these two phases is in the packing mode of the columns. The angle formed by intersecting host columns is about 126° for the -phase and 104° for the -modification. Guest molecules are hydrogen bonded to the host molecules via an O(1)—H···O(10) bond and are accommodated in channels in -phase complex and in cavities in -phase complex.     

Esters ofβ -ketophosphonic acids. VII. The products of the reaction ofα-chlorocyclohexanone with the diethyl ester of ethylphosphonous acid and the sodium salt of the monoethyl ester of ethylphosphonous acid

Summary The action of diethyl ethylphosphonite on-chlorocyclohexanone gives cyclohexen-1-yl-1 -ethyl ethylphosphonate, Cyclohenen-1-yl-1-ethyl ethylphosphonate is also obtained by the action of sodium monoethyl ethylphosphonite on a-chlorocyclohexanone.     

Role of O?H bonding in catalytic activity of Nb2O5 during the course of dehydrogenation of MgH2

The hydrogen desorption reaction of MgH₂, MgH₂ → Mg + H₂, is accelerated by the addition of metal oxide catalysts (e.g., Nb₂O₅). From our theoretical calculation of electronic structure, it was predicted that the catalytic activities of metal oxides are related closely to the O? H interaction operating at the interface between oxide catalyst and MgH₂. In this study, the O? H vibration on the Nb₂O₅‐catalyzed MgH₂ was investigated experimentally using FTIR spectroscopy. The broad absorption band due to the O? H stretching mode was observed in the region of 2,800–3,600 cm^?1 in the FTIR spectra of the specimens when hydrogen desorption reaction was in progress. The absorbance of the band decreased monotonously with decreasing hydrogen content in the specimen during the course of dehydrogenation of MgH₂. This experimental result was in agreement with our prediction for the existence of O? H interaction in the hydrogen desorption process. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2011     

Dipole-stabilized carbanions in the series of cyclic aldonitrones. 3. The influence of the configuration of the nitrone group on H—D exchange of the methine hydrogen atom and metallation of aldonitrones

The spin-spin coupling constants ³ J _C,H between the hydrogen atom of the aldonitrone group and the carbon atom bound to the nitrogen atom of the N-oxide fragment were determined for a wide range of cyclic and acyclic aldonitrones. Based on comparison of these constants (trans-³ J _C,H (E isomer) > cis-³ J _C,H (Z isomer)), the Z configuration was assigned to acyclic nitrones. Coordination of organolithium compounds to the oxygen atom of the NO group was revealed by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. This coordination is the necessary condition for the metallation of aldonitrones. The configuration of the nitrone group is responsible for the ability of the E form of acyclic aldonitrones to undergo CD₃ONa-catalyzed isotope exchange of the methine proton in CD₃OD and metallation with Bu^sLi.     

Deactivation of a mixed oxide catalyst of Mo–V–Te–Nb–O composition in the reaction of oxidative ethane dehydrogenation

The operational stability of a mixed oxide catalyst of Mo–V–Te–Nb–O composition in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ratio of C₂H₆: O₂ = 3: 1) is studied in a flow reactor at temperatures of 340–400°C, a pressure of 1 atm, and a WHSV of the feed mixture of 800 h^?1. It is found that the selectivity toward ethylene is 98% at 340°C, but the conversion of ethane at this temperature is only 6%; when the temperature is raised to 400°C, the conversion of ethane is increased to 37%, while the selectivity toward ethylene is reduced to 85%. Using physical and chemical means (XPS, SEM), it is found that the lack of oxidant in the reaction mixture leads to irreversible changes in the catalyst, i.e., reduced selectivity and activity. Raising the reaction temperature to 400°C allows the reduction of tellurium by ethane, from the +6 oxidation state to the zerovalent state, with its subsequent sublimation and the destruction of the catalytically active and selective phase; in its characteristics, the catalyst becomes similar to the Mo–V–Nb–O system containing no tellurium.     

Regiochemical control in the hemiacetalization of a dihydroxydialdehyde. An application of the use of homochiral 3-methyl-δ-butyrolactones to the construction of homochiral tripropionate units.

A method for the inversion of lactone homochirality and subsequent chain extension of dipropionate to tripropionate units is discussed. The synthetic sequence leads to (+)-methyl Prelog-Djerassi lactonic acid.     

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane on VMoTeNbО/Al–Si–O catalysts: Effect of the support on the physicochemical and catalytic properties

Supported oxide catalysts of the overall composition V_0.3Mo₁Te_0.23Nb_0.12/nAl–Si–O (n = 0, 10, 25, 35, 50, and 70 wt %) were tested in oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane and were characterized by chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis, and transmission electron microscopy. The use of the Al–Si–O support in a wide range of its content (from 10 to 50 wt %) favors formation of nanodomains of the active М1 phase ensuring higher, compared to the bulk catalysts, activity in oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane. The formation of secondary phases of aluminum molybdate and vanadium–molybdenum double oxide, observed at the support content increased over 35 wt %, leads to worsening of the catalytic properties.     

M. S. Tswett and the discovery of chromatography II: Completion of the development of chromatography (1903–1910)

Summary In this, the second part of our review we continue the discussion of the activities of M. S. Tswett related to the development of chromatography. We shall deal here with his activities in Warsaw from 1903 onwards, resulting in his fundamental twin papers of 1906 and his book of 1910, summarizing all his activities related to the investigation of plant pigments and to the development of chromatography. Finally, a few special questions related to Tswett's work shall be discussed.For Part I, seeChromatographia 35, 223 (1993). References are numbered through.     

Polymorphism of Inclusion Complexes and Unsolvated Hosts. IV. Dimorphism of the Acetone Host–Guest Complex of Dianilinegossypol. Structures of the α- and β-Phase Complexes

Crystal structures of the - and -phase inclusion complexes of dianilinegossypol with acetone obtained at 20° and 30 °C, respectively, have been determined by X-ray structure analysis. Crystal data of the -phase complex are: C₄₂H₄₀O₆N₂2C₃H₆O, orthorhombic, space group Pccn, a = 29.501(9), b = 10.866(2), c = 13.756(3) Å, V = 4409(1) ų, Z = 4, D _x = 1.18 g cm^-3. The structure has been refined to a final R value of 0.117 for 1401 observed reflections. The host–guest ratio for the -phase complex is the same (1 : 2) and the crystals are monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 28.352(6), b = 11.836(2), c = 13.196(1) Å, = 93.05(1)°, V = 4422(2) Å3, Z = 4, D _x =1.18 g cm^-3. The structure has been refined to a final R value of 0.077 for 1414 observed reflections.In both phases molecules of dianilinegossypol form hydrogen-bondedribbons by O(4)–-HO(3) H-bonds. Phases are determined by the same structural motif. In the -phase complex the cages are in the form of prisms but in the -phase clathrate they undergo a modification by shrinking in two directions and widening in one. Molecules of acetone are hydrogen bonded to the host molecules via aO(1)–-HO(G) bond and are accommodated in cavities for both complexes, i.e. both phases are cryptate-type inclusion complexes.Supplementary data relevant to this publicationhave been deposited with the British Library,No. SUP 82227 (24 pages).