Cyclopropylmethyl/cyclobutyl rearrangements on surfaces: evidence for transient cation formation near O-covered Mo(110)

Rearrangement reactions of C4-alkoxides on O-covered Mo(110) have been studied using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy and reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy. Cyclobutoxide on Mo(110), prepared from the corresponding alcohol or bromide, is described for the first time in detail. Several reaction mechanisms are considered for the ring-opening rearrangement of cyclopropylmethoxide during high-temperature annealing. In light of compelling new data, previous results are reinterpreted to support the formation of transient cations near O-covered Mo(110). For the first time, we present strong evidence for clean, heterolytic bond cleavage reactions over a metal surface. Our revised reactivity model is based on spectroscopic and reactivity data that show the rearrangement of cyclopropylmethyl groups to cyclobutyl groups and vice versa. Selectively deuterated 1,1-D2-cyclopropylmethanol was studied as a test of mechanism and as a probe for the lifetime of reactive intermediates. Isotopic scrambling observed for this substrate is consistent with the formation of a relatively long-lived carbocation during rearrangement. The intermediacy of transient cations is further invoked to explain the rearrangements that are now recognized to occur as alkyl bromides are transformed into alkoxides on Mo(110)-(1 x 6)-O. The observed ring expansion/contraction reactions are characteristic of a cationic process; carbon-centered radicals are not known to rearrange in this manner. However, in none of the cases discussed could contributions from radical pathways be completely ruled out. Our results are compared to analogous reactions in the vapor and solution phases. General trends governing rearrangement mechanisms on Mo(110) are presented with respect to metal-surface coverage, heteroatom incorporation, and temperature. Trends are discussed in the context of heterogeneous hydrocarbon oxidation.     

Pd(II) immobilized on mesoporous silica by N-heterocyclic carbene ionic liquids and catalysis for hydrogenation

In this work we synthesized Pd(II) immobilized on mesoporous silica by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ionic liquids (ILs) with different alkyl chain lengths. The catalysts were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), low-angle X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and nitrogen sorption. The catalysts were used for the hydrogenation of alkenes and allyl alcohol. The results indicated that the catalysts were very active, selective, and stable. The selectivity for the hydrogenation of allyl alcohol to 1-propanol increased with the increase of the alkyl chain length of the ILs. The effect of supercritical CO(2) (scCO(2)) on the hydrogenation of allyl alcohol was also studied, and it was demonstrated that scCO(2) could enhance the selectivity of the reaction considerably. The XPS study showed that the valence of Pd(II) remained unchanged under hydrogenation conditions.     

预吸附氧对NO在Pt(110)表面吸附和分解的影响

 利用程序升温反应谱、X射线光电子能谱和高分辨电子能量损失谱研究了NO在清洁和预吸附氧的Pt(110)表面的吸附和分解. 在清洁的Pt(110)表面,室温下低覆盖度时NO以桥式吸附为主,高覆盖度时NO以线式吸附为主. 加热过程中部分NO(主要是桥式吸附物种)分解,生成N2和N2O. 室温下O2在Pt(110)表面发生解离吸附. Pt(110)表面预吸附氧会抑制桥式吸附NO的生成,并导致其脱附温度降低40 K. 降低脱附温度有利于桥式吸附NO的分子脱附,从而抑制分解反应. 这些结果从表面化学的角度合理地解释了铂催化剂在富氧条件下对NO分解能力的降低.     

The desorption and reactivity of butanol adsorbed on lithium iron phosphate (LISICON) activated in a hydrogen plasma

The reactivity and desorption of butanol-2 adsorbed on Li₃Fe₂(PO₄)₃ not subjected and subjected to treatment in a glow discharge hydrogen plasma were studied under flow conditions with a gas chromatographic analysis of products. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data showed that the number of phosphate groups on the surface of the phosphate was two times larger than the stoichiometric number and increased after plasma chemical treatment. The strength of butanol-phosphate bonds also increased, and the selectivity of alcohol decomposition with the formation of an olefin (dehydration) and ketone (dehydrogenation) changed. After plasma treatment, dehydrogenation centers were deactivated. The selectivities of alcohol transformations in the adsorbed state and under vapor phase conditions were different. Ketone was formed from adsorbed alcohol because the activation energies of dehydrogenation were equal for the two reaction variants.     

Cycloadditions on diamond (100) 2 x 1: observation of lowered electron affinity due to hydrocarbon adsorption

The adsorption of allyl alcohol, acrylic acid, and allyl chloride, as well as unsaturated organic molecules such as acetylene and 1,3 butadiene, on reconstructed diamond (100) 2 x 1 have been investigated using high-resolution electron energy loss (HREELS) spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation spectroscopy. The cycloadditions of these organic molecules produce chemically adsorbed adlayers with varying degree of coverages on the clean diamond. The organic adsorbed surface has a lowered electron affinity and shows a secondary electron yield that varies between 12 and 40% of the yield obtained from a fully hydrogenated diamond surface. The diamond surface can be functionalized with hydroxyl, carboxylic, and chlorine functionalities by the adsorption of these allyl organics. The [2 + 2] adduct of acetylene on the diamond (100) 2 x 1 surface can be observed. 1,3-butadiene attains a higher coverage as well as forms a thermally more stable adlayer on the diamond surface compared to the other organic molecules, due to its ability to undergo [4 + 2] cycloaddition.     

Intramolecular OH···π interactions in alkenols and alkynols

The vibrational overtone spectra of propargyl alcohol (prop-2-yn-1-ol, PA), allyl alcohol (prop-2-en-1-ol, AA), propargyl carbinol (but-3-yn-1-ol, PC) and allyl carbinol (but-3-en-1-ol, AC) were recorded with intracavity laser photoacoustic spectroscopy (ICL-PAS) in the Δv(OH) = 3, 4 and 5 regions for propargyl alcohol and allyl alcohol and in the Δv(OH) = 4 and 5 regions for propargyl carbinol and allyl carbinol. Local mode anharmonic oscillator calculations were performed with explicitly correlated coupled cluster methods to guide spectral assignment. Atoms in molecules (AIM) and non-covalent interactions (NCI) calculations were carried out to analyze the interactions between the OH-group and the π-electrons of the carbon-carbon multiple bonds. We ascertain the effect of the carbon chain length and saturation on the conformation and spectroscopy of the four alcohols in relation to intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions.     

Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over Ni-Mo-Mg-O catalysts

In this work, a series of Ni-Mo-Mg-O catalysts with mesoporous structure prepared by sol-gel method were investigated for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP). The techniques of temperature-programmed reduction with H2 (H2-TPR), N2 adsorption-desorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) were employed for catalyst characterization. It is found that the activity of the catalysts for ODHP increases first and then decreases with the increase of Mo content. The catalyst with a Mo/Ni atomic ratio of 1/1 exhibits the best catalytic activity, which gives the propene selectivity of 81.4% at a propane conversion of 11.3% under 600°C and maintains the good catalytic performance for 22 h on stream. This is related not only to its high reducibility and dispersion as revealed by TPR and XRD, but also to the formation of more selective oxygen species on the MoOx-NiO interface as identified by XPS.     

Composites based on modified clay assembled Rh(III)–heteropolymolybdates as catalysts in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde

New composites based on the [RhMo₆O₂₄H₆]³⁻ (RhMo₆) heteropolyanion supported on pillared (PILC), heterostructured (PCH) and functionalized(PILC-F) and (PCH-F) systems based on clays were prepared, characterized and tested as catalysts in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. The original phases and supported systems were characterized using several techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM–EDS), Raman microprobe studies, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetry and differential thermal analyses (TG-DSC), temperature programmed reduction (TPR), and textural analysis (BET method), which confirmed their functionalization, physicochemical modification and the nature of Mo adsorbed species. Active acidic, basic and redox sites were determined by temperature programmed surface reaction (TPSR). Mo loading reached 7 wt% for the system RhMo₆/PCH-F and 3 wt% for the system RhMo₆/PILC-F, while unfunctionalized clay systems showed a value of 1 wt% of Mo. The catalytic performance showed that PCH-based composites were the most active and reached up to 56% conversion at 360 min of reaction when tested in liquid-phase cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation. The selectivity for all the systems was mainly toward hydrocinnamic aldehyde (HCAL) and reached 77% for the RhMo₆/PCH-F catalyst at 25% conversion.     

MoO3/SiO2催化甘油脱水氢转移还原制备烯丙醇

采用浸渍法制备了MoO3/SiO2催化剂,采用粉末X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、氮气吸附-脱附、NH3程序升温脱附及吸附吡啶傅里叶变换红外光谱等手段对催化剂进行了表征,并在固定床反应器中考察了催化剂负载量、反应温度、甘油浓度、空速等条件对MoO3/SiO2催化甘油制备烯丙醇反应性能的影响.结果表明,在MoO3的负载量(质量分数)为1%,330℃、常压、40%(质量分数)甘油水溶液和空速为200 h-1的反应条件下,甘油转化率、烯丙醇选择性及时空收率分别可达92.1%,34.8%和6.0 mmol.g-1.h-1.     

无额外供氢体下负载型MoFeO_x催化剂催化甘油制丙烯醇

采用浸渍法制备MoFe/X(X=SnO_2,ZrO_2,CeO_2,TiO_2,CNTs,MgO)以及MoFe氧化物催化剂用于甘油气-固相催化转化制丙烯醇。通过XRD、BET、XPS、H_2-TPR和NH_3-TPD表征,MoFe主要由晶相Fe_2O_3和Fe_2(MoO_4)_3组成而MoFe/X主要为高分散态的Fe、Mo氧化物(Fe~(3+)、Mo~(6+)),其表面均只存在弱酸中心;所采用载体由于自身性质(比表面积和酸碱性)差异与Mo、Fe氧化物之间存在不同的相互作用,进而有效地调控了MoFe/X的表面弱酸强度、酸浓度和可还原性能。所制备催化剂对甘油制丙烯醇的催化性能(收率)依次为:MoFe/TiO_2MoFe/CeO_2MoFe/ZrO_2MoFe/CNTsMoFe/SnO_2MoFeMoFe/MgO。340°C时,MoFe/TiO_2上甘油的转化率达到83.4%,丙烯醇的选择性和收率分别达到26.7%和22.3%;同时其展现出优于MoFe/CeO_2、MoFe/ZrO_2和MoFe/CNTs的稳定性。甘油转化率与催化剂表面弱酸中心浓度呈正相关性,而丙烯醇的生成则与氧化中心(非酸中心)密切相关。甘油转化率和丙烯醇选择性在MoFe/X上随反应温度变化而呈现相悖的变化趋势。     

固相球磨法制备丙烷氧化脱氢V2O5/NiO催化剂

以不同温度焙烧制备的NiO和V2O5为前驱物,采用固相球磨法制备了V2O5/NiO催化剂,考察了前驱物的焙烧温度对该催化剂丙烷氧化脱氢制丙烯反应性能的影响,并采用x射线衍射、N2物理吸附、电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱、透射电子显微镜、H2程序升温还原和x射线光电子能谱等对催化剂进行了表征.结果表明,固相球磨法制备的V2O5/NiO催化剂表现出较好的丙烷氧化脱氢制丙烯催化性能,当以400℃焙烧的氧化物为前驱体时,V2O5/NiO催化剂表面含有较多的未完全还原氧物种Oδ-,因而表现出了较高的丙烯选择性.在475℃反应时,丙烷转化率可达20.1%,丙烯选择性达到71.2%.     

Chemisorption of carbon monoxide on the platinum(100) surface: A definition of electronic states by photoelectron spectroscopy

UPS studies are reported for carbon monoxide chemisorbed, at varying coverages, on a clean Pt(100) surface. A new assignment of surface states is obvious from the broadening and resolution of the emission peak, positioned at ca. 8 eV below the Fermi level, following pre-adsorption of propene and pyridine. The valence band density of states, determined by He(I) and He(II) emission spectroscopy, is compared with that reported earlier by X-ray electron emission spectroscopy.     

疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15的制备及在甲苯选择性氧化中的应用

以介孔分子筛SBA-15为载体, 先采用γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTES)进行氨基硅烷化修饰, 然后经甲基三乙氧基硅烷(MTES)疏水修饰后固载双水杨醛缩乙二胺合钴配合物(Cosalen). 采用傅里叶变换红外光谱、 紫外-可见漫反射光谱、 X射线光电子能谱、 元素分析、 等离子体发射光谱、 X射线衍射和氮气物理吸附等手段对制备的固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15进行了物相结构和修饰程度的表征, 并考察了样品对甲苯、 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附性能及在甲苯液相氧化反应中的催化性能. 结果表明, 固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15的介孔结构和孔道有序性保持良好, Cosalen通过与氨基配位固载在修饰后的载体SBA-15上, 且高度分散, 氨基硅烷化和甲基修饰明显增强了其表面疏水性能, 对苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附量降低. 疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15协同N-羟基邻苯二甲酰亚胺(NHPI)催化甲苯液相分子氧氧化反应, 无溶剂体系在130 ℃下反应2 h, 甲苯转化率达到16.0%, 产物中苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性为32.0%, 在一定程度上抑制了极性产物深度氧化为苯甲酸. 高温不利于苯甲醛和苯甲醇选择性的提高, 降低温度至110 ℃, 甲苯转化率达到12.9%时, 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性提高到43.9%.     

Sensitivity of methyl thiolate desulfurization selectivity to reaction temperature and hydroxyl coverage

The adsorption and reaction of methanethiol (CH3SH) and dimethyl disulfide (CH3SSCH3) on Mo(110)-(1 x 6)-O have been studied using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy and reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy over the temperature range of 110-550 K. The S-H bond is broken upon adsorption to form adsorbed OH, water, and methyl thiolate (CH3S-) at low temperature. Water is evolved at 210 and 310 K via molecular desorption and disproportionation of OH, respectively. Some hydroxyl remains on the surface up to 350 K. Methyl thiolate is also formed from CH3SSCH3 on Mo(110)-(1 x 6)-O. Methyl thiolate undergoes C-S cleavage above 300 K, yielding methane and methyl radicals. There is also a minor amount of nonselective decomposition leading to the formation of carbon and hydrogen. Methane production is promoted by adsorbed hydroxyl. As the hydroxyl coverage increases, the yield of methyl radicals relative to methane diminishes. Accordingly, there is more methane produced from methanethiol reaction than from dimethyl disulfide, since S-H dissociation in CH3SH produces OH. The maximum coverage of the thiolate is approximately 0.5 monolayers, based on the amount of sulfur remaining after reaction measured by Auger electron spectroscopy. In contrast to cyclopropylmethanethiol (c-C3H5CH2SH), for which alkyl transfer from sulfur to oxygen is observed, there is no evidence for transfer of the methyl group of methyl thiolate to oxygen on the surface. Specifically, there is no evidence for methoxy (CH3O-) in infrared spectroscopy or temperature-programmed reaction experiments.     

A study of the surface region of the Mo-V-Te-O catalysts for propane oxidation to acrylic acid

The bulk mixed Mo-V-Te oxides possess high activity and selectivity in propane oxidation to acrylic acid and represent well-defined model catalysts for studies of the surface molecular structure-activity/selectivity relationships in this selective oxidation reaction. The elemental compositions, metal oxidation states, and catalytic functions of V, Mo, and Te in the surface region of the model Mo-V-Te-O system were examined employing low energy ion scattering (LEIS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This study indicated that the surfaces of these catalysts are terminated with a monolayer, which possesses a different elemental composition from that of the bulk. The rates of propane consumption and formation of propylene and acrylic acid depended on the topmost surface V concentration, whereas no dependence of these reaction rates on either the surface Mo or Te concentrations was observed. These findings suggested that the bulk Mo-V-Te-O structure may function as a support for the unique active and selective surface monolayer in propane oxidation to acrylic acid. The results of this study have important practical consequences for the development of improved selective oxidation catalysts by introducing surface metal oxide components to form new surface active V-O-M sites for propane oxidation to acrylic acid.     

Silica-Supported Tantalum Catalysts for Asymmetric Epoxidations of Allyl Alcohols

Tantalum good, titanium bad: This appears to be the case for silica-supported catalysts for the asymmetric epoxidation of allyl alcohols. Complexes such as [SiO-Ta(OEt)(4)] were prepared from silica and [Ta(=CHCMe(3))(CH(2)CMe(3))(3)], and in the presence of a tartrate and an alkyl hydroperoxide, these surface tantalum compounds lead to efficient and convenient catalysts for the asymmetric epoxidation of 2-propen-1-ol (R=H) and trans-2-hexen-1-ol (R=nPr; see reaction).     

氟改性对纳米 HZSM-5 分子筛催化甲醇制丙烯的影响

 在比较了纳米和微米 HZSM-5 分子筛催化甲醇制丙烯反应性能的基础上, 对纳米 HZSM-5 分子筛进行了氟改性. 利用透射电镜、N2 吸附、X 射线衍射、氨程序升温脱附和吡啶吸附-红外光谱技术对改性前后的样品进行了表征, 并在常压、500 oC 和甲醇空速 (WHSV) 为 1.0 h–1 的反应条件下, 在连续流动固定床微型反应器上考察了其催化甲醇制丙烯的性能. 结果表明, 当氟含量<10% 时, 随氟含量的增加, 改性纳米 HZSM-5 分子筛的酸量减少, 酸强度降低, 从而使丙烯选择性和催化剂稳定性不断提高. 但过量 (15%) 氟的改性使纳米 HZSM-5 分子筛的酸量、比表面积和孔容均明显减小, 致使其稳定性反而降低. 在适量 (10%) 氟改性的纳米 HZSM-5 分子筛上, 丙烯选择性和维持甲醇完全转化的反应时间分别由原来的 30.1% 和 75 h 增加到 46.7% 和 145 h.     

Hydroxylation and dehydroxylation at Cu(III) surfaces

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has shown how both chemisorbed oxygen present at a Cu(III) surface and nitric oxide introduced into the gas phase can induce hydroxylation of the surface from an adlayer of molecularly adsorbed water at 80 K. The interaction of water vapour with a clean Cu(III) surface is also reported.     

Adsorption and reactions of NO on clean and CO-precovered Ir(111)

Adsorption and reactions of NO on clean and CO-precovered Ir(111) were investigated by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HR-EELS), infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS), and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). Two NO adsorption states, indicative of fcc-hollow sites and atop sites, were present on the Ir(111) surface at saturation coverage. NO adsorbed on hollow sites dissociated to Na and Oa at temperatures above 283 K. The dissociated Na desorbed to form N2 by recombination of Na at 574 K and by a disproportionation reaction between atop-NO and Na at 471 K. Preadsorbed CO inhibited the adsorption of NO on atop sites, whereas adsorption on hollow sites was not affected by the coexistence of CO. The adsorbed CO reacted with dissociated Oa and desorbed as CO2 at 574 K.     

A study of the oxyanion effect in reactions of 2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol

Optimum conditions for the self reaction of the potassium alkoxide of 2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol to give 3,5,5,-trimethyltetrahydropyran-2-ol (7) have been developed. Evidence is presented to demonstrate that the key carbon carbon bond forming step in this reaction formally involves an unusual type of Ene reaction between 2-methylpropenal and the allylic alkoxide anion in which stepwise or highly asynchronous hydride transfer precedes carbon carbon bond formation. Under different reactions conditions the condensation of 2-methylpropenal with the potassium alkoxide of 2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol proceeds to give the bicyclic lactone, 6-endo-hydroxy-7-exo-(2-methyl allyioxymethyl)-3-oxa-1,5,7-trimethyl bicyclo[3,3,1]nonan-2-one (11), the crystal structure of which is reported.