Propane oxidation over Pd/LaFe0.8Co0.2O3 catalyst

Pd/LaFe_0.8Co_0.2O₃ was found to be more active than the Pd/Al₂O₃ catalyst in propane oxidation. Activity and the oxidation state of palladium were strongly affected by the redox ratio (S) of reactants. Higher propane conversion could be obtained under rich conditions at higher temperatures, contributing to steam reforming. The presence of excess steam would bring about inhibition and oscillation.     

Isolable Boron Persulfide: Activation of Elemental Sulfur with a 2‐Chloro‐Azaborolyl Anion

The novel boron persulfide 2 LB(η²‐S₂) (L=[ArNC(R)CHC(R)]^?; Ar=2,6‐Me₂C₆H₃, R=tBu) was obtained by the reaction of the 2‐chloro‐azaborolyl anion 1 (LBCl)K(THF) with 0.25 equiv of elemental sulfur (S₈). Persulfide 2 is labile in solution and could be converted to the cyclic tetrasulfide LBS₄ ( 3 ) and hexasulfide LBS₆ ( 4 ) in the presence of sulfur at room temperature and 50 °C, respectively. Desulfination of 2 with triphenylphosphine resulted in the formation of the thioxoborane LB=S ( 5) . Alternatively, 3 and 4 could be obtained by the reaction of 1 with an excess of sulfur. Structural analysis of 2 disclosed the relatively long S?S bond of 2.1004(8) Å due to the lone‐pair repulsions of the two sulfur atoms, as disclosed by DFT calculations.     

A Facile Preparation of Tebbe Reagent and its Subsequent Reactions

A facile preparation of Tebbe reagent (1) by reacting AlMe₃ solution with Cp₁TiCl₂ is reported. After complete removal of solvent and excess of AlMe₃, the crude Tebbe reagent could be used without purification to react with ketones in a Wittig-type manner.     

The reaction of 1,2-diiodo-tetrafluoroethane with sulfur trioxide

As an extension of our studies on the reaction of I(CF₂CF₂)_nI (n = 2 and 3) with sulfur trioxide¹⁾, the reaction of 1,2-diiodo-tetrafluoroethane with sulfur trioxide was studied.1,2-Diiodo-tetrafluoroethane was reacted with an excess of sulfur trioxide at reaction temperature ranging from 0°C to 115°C.The products were not the expected iododifluoroacetyl fluoride and/ or oxalyl fluoride, but thermally stable derivatives with polysulfate structures.These derivaties could be converted nearly quantitatively into iododifluoroacetyl fluoride and ethyl iododifluoroacetate by potassium fluoride and by ethanol, respectively.The possible structures of these derivatives will be discussed based on these results and ¹⁹F-NMR studies.     

Convenient Routes for the Preparation of Barium Permanganate and other Permanganate Salts

Two convenient methods were developed to transform KMnO₄ into barium permanganate and other permanganate salts via BaMnO₄ or Mn₂O₇ intermediates. Pure BaMnO₄ was prepared by the reaction of KMnO₄ with KI in the presence of BaCl₂ and NaOH. Hydrothermal reaction of barium manganate with excess carbon dioxide for 1.5 h at 100 °C led to barium‐permanganate with almost quantitative yield. Mn₂O₇ was prepared by means of the reaction of KMnO₄ and sulfuric acid monohydrate in a two‐phase (CCl₄‐H₂SO₄.H₂O) system. In the presence of excess barium carbonate and catalytic amount of water barium permanganate could be obtained with a moderate yield. Similarly, other permanganate salts (Zn, Cd, Cu, Mg, Ca, Ni, Al, Fe, Ce, rare earth metals) were prepared by substituting the BaCO₃ for the appropriate metal oxides, hydroxides or carbonates.     

Selective catalytic reduction of NO with CO on Pt/W–Ce–Zr catalysts

Various Pt catalysts (Pt/ZrO₂, Pt/CeO₂, Pt/CeZrO, Pt/WO₃/ZrO₂ and Pt/WO₃/CeZrO) were prepared and characterized, and their catalytic reduction reactions of NO by CO, with or without the presence of excess oxygen, were investigated. The results of temperature-programmed experiments showed that CO could be easily oxidized over Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/CeZrO while the introduction of WO₃ into the catalyst (Pt/WO₃/CeZrO) inhibited the reduction of catalyst surface; NO could not dissociate over those catalysts in oxidized state but after CO reduction at a low temperature, NO dissociation took place only over Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/CeZrO catalysts. For NO + CO reaction, those easily reduced catalysts Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/CeZrO exhibited better catalytic performances, and NO could be rapidly converted below 350 °C. For the reaction with the presence of excess O₂, the NO conversions were significantly inhibited, but better NO conversions were obtained over the tungstate-contained catalysts when compared with Pt/CeO₂ and Pt/CeZrO. The higher activities of Pt/W–Ce–Zr catalysts were attributed to their high acidities.     

Synthesis and intracrystalline oxidation of nitrite-intercalated layered double hydroxides

Nitrite-intercalated LDHs could be prepared by a two-stage process that involves coprecipitation in the presence of nitrite ions followed by stirring the product with excess of nitrite ions. The nitrite ion lies flat in these LDHs with its c₂-axis lying approximately perpendicular to the crystallographic c-axis. The interlayer nitrite ions in these LDHs could be quantitatively oxidized to nitrate ions using H₂O₂ solution. In the LDHs thus obtained the nitrate ion lies flat with its c₃-axis parallel to the crystallographic c-axis (D_3h symmetry) in the interlayer region resulting in lower basal spacing.     

Hydrogenolysis of hexane on supported rhodium catalysts

Hexane was reacted in mixtures with excess hydrogen on 5% Rh on different supports: Al₂O₃ and SiO₂, the latter catalyst in two states: after reduction at 603 K (LT) and after a prereduction at 1253 K (HT). The main reaction was hydrogenolysis. The catalysts were characterized with the fragment composition at different temperatures and hydrogen pressures. Two surface states could be distinguished: one with more hydrogen favored single rupture, the other with less hydrogen preferred multiple fragmentation. The transition between these states could be rather abrupt, as the surface hydrogen availability changed. The tendency to produce multiple fragments increased in the order Rh/Al₂O₃< Rh/SiO₂-LT < Rh/SiO₂-HT.     

Oxidations with potassium permanganate in the presence of fluoride

Summary Quadrivalent selenium can be determined with fair accuracy by mixing with an excess of KMnO₄ in the presence of 25–75 ml of 2% NaF solution and 4–7 ml of 9 N sulfuric acid. After leaving the reaction mixture for 10–30 minutes the excess KMnO₄ is estimated by one of the following procedures: A) Titration of the excess KMnO₄ with monovalent mercury, B) Adding an excess of Hg₂ ²⁺ solution to react with the excess KMnO₄ followed by titrating the excess mercurous with KMnO₄ solution.Part I: Issa, I. M., and M. Hamdy, Z. analyt. Chem. 172, 94 (1980).     

鲱鱼精DNA修饰纳米金催化Fehling反应——共振散射光谱法检测痕量Hg2＋

用鲱鱼精DNA (hsDNA)修饰10 nm的纳米金制备了Hg^2＋的hsDNA修饰纳米金共振散射光谱探针(AuhsDNA). 在pH 7.0 Tris-HCl缓冲溶液中及0.017 mol/L NaCl存在下, Hg^2＋与AuhsDNA形成稳定的Hg^2＋-DNA结合物, 引起AuhsDNA中的纳米金析出并聚集形成纳米金簇. 该溶液用150 nm滤膜过滤后, 滤液中过量的AuhsDNA可催化Fehling试剂-葡萄糖反应生成氧化亚铜微粒, 该微粒在580 nm处有一个较强的共振散射峰. 随着汞离子浓度增大, 形成的纳米金簇越多, 滤液中AuhsDNA越少, 生成的氧化亚铜微粒减少, 580 nm处氧化亚铜微粒的共振散射光强度线性降低, 其共振散射光强度降低值?I₅₈₀ nm与汞离子浓度在1～833 nmol/L范围内成线性, 回归方程、相关系数、检出限分别为 ?I_{580 nm}＋0.9, 0.9990, 0.3 nmol/L Hg^2＋. 该法用于废水中Hg^2＋的检测.     

Prediction of competitive adsorption on coal by a lattice DFT model

Adsorption is one of the main mechanisms involved in the ECBM process, a technology where CO₂ (or flue gas, i.e. a CO₂/N₂ mixture) is injected into a deep coal bed, with the aim of storing CO₂ by simultaneously recovering CH₄. A detailed understanding of the microscopic adsorption process is therefore needed, as the latter controls the displacement process. A lattice DFT model, previously extended to mixtures, has been applied to predict the competitive adsorption behavior of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂ and of their mixtures in slit-shaped pores of 1.2 and 8 nm width. In particular, the effect of temperature, bulk composition and density on the resulting lattice pore profiles and on the lattice excess adsorption isotherms has been investigated. Important insights could be obtained; when approaching near critical conditions in the mesopores, a characteristic peak in the excess adsorption isotherm of CO₂ appears. The same effect could be observed neither for the other gases nor in the micropores. Moreover, in the case of mixtures, a depletion of the less adsorbed species close to the adsorbent surface is observed, which eventually results in negative lattice excess adsorption at high bulk densities.     

Co2C上CO的程序升温脱附和程序升温表面反应研究

采用CO与金属Co在473K反应400h以上合成了Co₂C样品,采用X射线衍射、透射电镜和CO程序升温还原对样品进行了表征,并采用CO程序升温脱附和CO程序升温表面反应研究了Co₂C对CO的吸附及其加氢活化行为. 结果表明,Co₂C微观结构由体相和表面钝化层两部分组成. 表面钝化层可被CO于477K左右去除. CO在Co₂C上有2个脱附峰,其中低温脱附峰可能源于Co₂C上吸附的CO,而高温脱附峰可能对应于残留于Co₂C晶格内的CO. Co₂C上吸附的CO可与H₂反应生成醇.     

on the existence of organometallic palladium(IV) complexes

The reactions of palladium(II) compounds of the type Cl₂PdL₂ with bromobis(pentafluorophenyl)thallium(III) has been reexamined. The reported preparation of the organo palladium(IV) complex Cl₂Pd(C₆F₅)₂(PPh₃)₂ could not be repeated, and instead mixtures of binuclear palladium(II) compounds, Cl₂Pd(C₆F₅)₂L₂, and mononuclear palladium(II) compounds were obtained. The binuclear are transformed into the mononuclear complexes on addition of an excess of ligand L.The chlorine bridging atoms of the binuclear complexes can be replaced by other halogens or pseudohalogens by treatment with salts of the MX type (X = Br, I, SCN).     

High performance CuO-CeO2 catalysts for selective oxidation of CO in excess hydrogen： Effect of hydrothermal preparation conditions

High performance CuO-CeO₂ catalysts for selective oxidation of CO in excess hydrogen were prepared by a hydrothermal method under different preparation conditions and evaluated for catalytic activities and selectivities. By changing the n_CTAB/n_Ce ratio and hydrothermal aging time, the catalytic activity of the CuO-CeO₂ catalysts increased and the operating temperature window, in which the CO conversion was higher than 99%, was widened. XRD results showed no peaks of CuO_x species and Cu-Ce-O solid solution were observed. On the other hand, Cu⁺ species in the CuO-CeO₂ catalysts, which was associated with a strong interaction between copper oxide clusters and cerium oxide and could be favorable for improving the selective oxidation performance of CO in excess H₂, were detected by H₂-TPR and XPS techniques.     

Kinetics and mechanism of reaction between zirconium‐lactate and pentane‐2,4‐dione in excess lactate

The kinetics of the reaction of pentane‐2,4‐dione (HA) with Zr^IV has been studied at 25.0°C in an excess lactate (L^?) media. The equilibrium reaction was found to be: Zr₂L₆+HA?HL+Zr₂AL₅. The equilibrium was approached from either direction and a plausible mechanism has been proposed with kinetic constants, but individual reactivities of the keto and the enol tautomers of pentane‐2,4‐dione could not be apportioned. However, it was found that both the uncatalyzed and acid‐catalyzed paths contribute to the reverse reaction. But 2‐thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HT) forms a stronger chelate with Zr^IV, so its reaction with less reactive Zr₂L₅(OH₂) could not be detected; reactivity of the more reactive Zr₂L₅(OH₂)(OH) could be found. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 43: 725–729, 2011     

Preparation of uniform Au@SiO2 particles by direct silica coating on citrate-capped Au nanoparticles

Preparation of Au@SiO₂ particles by direct silica coating on three different sized citrate-capped Au nanoparticles (17, 25 and 33 nm) with Stöber method was investigated in this work. It was found that the uniformity of the resulting Au@SiO₂ particles was related to both the sizes of the Au nanoparticles and the concentration of citrate during the particle synthesis. When the citrate concentration during the particle synthesis was low, the 25 and 33 nm Au nanoparticles could be well dispersed in the Stöber system, thus resulting the formation of uniform Au@SiO₂ particles containing single core. However, small Au nanoparticles (17 nm) were identified to show poor stability in the Stöber system even under low citrate concentration, the silica coating must be performed in a pre-hydrolyzed Stöber system to get the uniform Au@SiO₂ particles. This approach was also applicable to citrate capped Ag nanoparticles. After removal of the excess citrate in the Ag prepared by citrate reduction, uniform Ag/SiO₂ particles containing single core colloids could also be prepared by the direct silica coating.     

A recyclable dendritic osmium catalyst for homogeneous dihydroxylation of olefins

A series of osmate (OsO₄²⁻) core dendrimers was prepared by an ion-exchange technique through the mixing of K₂OsO₄ and a bis(quaternary ammonium bromide) core dendrimer, which consisted of poly(benzyl ether) dendron. By employing an osmate core dendrimer as a homogeneous catalyst, dihydroxylation reactions of olefins proceeded rapidly, and the dendritic osmium catalyst was recovered by reprecipitation and then reused. Furthermore, a dendritic effect on the recyclability of a catalyst was observed. In the case of asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions, the corresponding diol was obtained in a high chemical yield with a fair enantiomeric excess (ee). In this case, not only the dendritic osmium catalyst but also the chiral ligand could be recovered by reprecipitation and reused efficiently up to five times.     

Synthesis of (E)-2-(1-ferrocenylmethylidene)malonic acid derivatives by a cobalt-catalyzed domino reaction of ethyl diazoacetate, carbon monoxide and ferrocenylimines

The domino reaction of ethyl diazoacetate, carbon monoxide and ferrocenylimines was investigated in the presence of Co₂(CO)₈ as catalyst. In most cases the main products are 2-(1-ferrocenylmethylidene) malonates formed by an N(1)-C(4) cleavage of the primarily derived β-lactams. The latter compounds could only be isolated when the reaction was carried out at relatively low CO pressure, using an excess of ethyl diazoacetate. trans-N-(tert-Butyl)-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-ferrocenyl-β-lactam proved to be the most stable one among these compounds and could be isolated in 55% yield. N-alkyl β-lactams were shown to undergo acidic cleavage leading to the E isomers of 2-(1-ferrocenylmethylidene) malonates as the main products. The structures of the two new compounds, (E)-2-ethoxycarbonyl-3-ferrocenyl-N-((R)-1-phenylethyl)-2-propenamide and trans-N-(tert-butyl)-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-ferrocenyl-β-lactam were confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The relative thermodynamical stability of the products as well as the energetics of the acid-mediated cleavage of the β-lactam ring was elucidated with DFT calculations.     

Modification of polybenzimidazole: Synthesis and thermal stability of poly(N1-methylbenzimidazole) and poly(N1,N3-dimethylbenzimidazolium) salt

Poly(N₁,N₃-dimethylbenzimidazolium) (PDMBI) salt and poly(N₁-methylbenzimidazole) (PMMBI) were synthesized by methylation of commercial polybenzimidazole [poly-2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole (PBI)]. First, the N-lithium salt of polybenzimidazole was formed by treating polybenzimidazole solution of 1-methyl-2-pyrolidinone (NMP) with lithium hydride at 80°C for 18 h. Ninety percent substitution of PMMBI was obtained by treating the N-lithium salt of PBI with equimolar ratio of iodomethane at room temperature. Upon addition of excess iodomethane to the lithium salt of PBI at 80°C, a polymer was formed that showed 100% substitution on the N₁ nitrogen and about 30% substitution of the methyl group on the N₃ nitrogen in the form of N₁,N₃-dimethylbenzimidazolium iodide salt [PDMBI (30%)]. The content of the benzimidazolium iodide salt was increased to about 90% by dissolving PDMBI (30%) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and re-treating with excess iodomethane at 80°C overnight. The modified PBI polymers were characterized by NMR and FTIR. The modified PBI differed in solubility from PBI. PMMBI could be easily dissolved in NMP and PDMBI in DMSO at room temperature. The solution of PDMBI could be mixed with water in all proportions without precipitation. PDMBI could be also dissolved directly in a mixture of DMSO and water (1 : 1). Typical polyelectrolyte behavior of viscosity was found in solution of PDMBI (30%) and PDMBI (90%) when DMSO and a mixture of DMSO and water were used as solvents. A salt effect on viscosity was also found in the mixed solvent solution. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that the methyl group on the imidazole ring was unstable above 180°C under nitrogen. When PDMBI was heated under nitrogen, one of the methyl groups was lost with the counterion to result in a neutral PMMBI. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Influence of NO on the Reduction of NO2 with CO over Pt/SiO2 in the Presence of O2

Reduction of NO2 with CO in the presence of NO and excess oxygen, a model mixture for flue gas, over a 0.1% Pt/SiO2 catalyst was studied. The related reaction mechanisms, such as oxidation of CO and NO, were discussed. It was found that there was a narrow temperature window （180-190 ℃） for the reduction of NO2 by CO. When the temperature was lower than the lower limit of the window, the reduction hardly occurred, while when the temperature was higher than the upper limit of the window, the direct oxidation of CO by O2 occurred and thereby NO2 could not be effectively reduced by CO. The presence of NO shifted the window to higher temperatures owing to the inhibition effect of NO on the activation of O2 on Pt, which made it possible to reduce NO2 by CO in flue gas.