Guerbet condensation of methanol with n-propanol to isobutyl alcohol over heterogeneous copper chromite/Mg–Al mixed oxides catalysts

The synthesis of isobutyl alcohol (ⁱBuOH) from methanol (MeOH) and n-propanol (PrOH) through the Guerbet condensation has been studied at 200 °C and under inert atmosphere (3.0 MPa of N₂), using a two-component heterogeneous catalytic system based on pre-activated copper chromite and Mg–Al mixed oxides deriving from hydrotalcite-type (HT) precursors with different Mg/Al ratios. All the investigated catalysts displayed a significant activity, with an almost complete selectivity to ⁱBuOH. Unlike the copper chromite/soluble sodium methoxide system, the catalysts were tolerant of the co-produced water and did not display any appreciable deactivation during the course of the reaction. The catalyst productivity was found to increase by reducing the Mg/Al ratio in the heterogeneous base, according to the increase of the fraction of medium–strong and strong basic sites which favour the aldol condensation between the aldehydes derived from MeOH and PrOH.     

Higher-alcohols biorefinery

The concept of a biorefinery for higher-alcohol production is to integrate ethanol and methanol formation via fermentation and biomass gasification, respectively, with, conversion of these simple alcohol intermediates into higher alcohols via the Guerbet reaction. 1-Butanol results from the selfcondensation of ethanol in this multistep reaction occurring on a single catalytic bed. Combining methanol with ethanol gives a mixture of propanol, isobutanol, and 2-methyl-1-butanol. All of these higher alcohols are usefulas solvents, chemical intermediates, and fuel additives and, consequently, have higher market values than the simple alcohol intermediates. Several new catalysts for the condensation of ethanol and alcohol mixtures to higher alcohols were designed and tested under a variety of conditions. Reactions of methanol ethanol mixtures gave as high as 100% conversion of the ethanol to form high yields of isobutanol with smaller amounts of 1-propanol, the amounts in the mixture depending on the starting mixture. The most successful catalysts are multifunctional with basic and hydrogen transfer components.     

CuMgAlO_x复合氧化物催化甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应:M~(2+)/Al~(3+)比的影响

以类水滑石为前驱体,通过调控M~(2+)/Al~(3+)比制备了系列具有不同表面性质的MgAlO_x(MA)和CuMgAlO_x(CMA)催化剂,并分别应用于甲醛乙醛缩合反应(甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应的第二步反应)和甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应。采用NH_3/CO_2-TPD、XPS、H_2-TPR和H_2-TPD技术对催化剂表面酸碱性以及铜物种的性质进行了表征。结果表明,甲醇乙醇Guerbet反应性能与催化剂表面Cu~0比表面积和中强碱数目有关,提高Cu~0比表面积有利于甲醇乙醇脱氢生成甲醛和乙醛,增强中强碱数目能促进甲醛乙醛缩合反应。     

Bifunctionality of Cu/ZnO catalysts for alcohol-assisted low-temperature methanol synthesis from syngas:Effect of copper content

Alcohol-assisted low-temperature methanol synthesis was conducted over Cu/ZnO_X catalysts while varying the copper content(X). Unlike conventional methanol synthesis, ethanol acted as both solvent and reaction intermediate in this reaction, creating a different reaction pathway. The formation of crystalline phases and characteristic morphology of the co-precipitated precursors during the co-precipitation step were important factors in obtaining an efficient Cu/ZnO catalyst with a high dispersion of metallic copper,which is one of the main active sites for methanol synthesis. The acidic properties of the Cu/ZnO catalyst were also revealed as important factors, since alcohol esterification is considered the rate-limiting step in alcohol-assisted low-temperature methanol synthesis. As a consequence, bifunctionality of the Cu/ZnO catalyst such as metallic copper and acidic properties was required for this reaction. In this respect, the copper content(X) strongly affected the catalytic activity of the Cu/ZnO_X catalysts, and accordingly, the Cu/ZnO_0.5 catalyst with a high copper dispersion and sufficient acid sites exhibited the best catalytic performance in this reaction.     

Copper supported on phenanthroline-functionalized porous polymer as an active catalyst for the oxidative carbonylation of methanol

Porous organic polymer has recently attracted tremendous interest because of its potential to combine the best features of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. In this study, copper supported on phenanthroline-functionalized porous polymer (Cu@PCP-Phen) was prepared by a co-polymerization method and used as a heterogeneous catalyst for dimethyl carbonate synthesis via the oxidative carbonylation of methanol. The catalyst was characterized by N₂ adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, ¹³C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which suggested that it possessed a big surface area, hierarchical porous structure, and strong electron-donating effect toward copper species. The Cu@PCP-Phen catalyst showed high catalytic activity, which was significantly higher than those achieved with Cu-based catalysts under similar reaction conditions. In addition, the catalyst can be easily separated and reused at least six times with only a slight decrease in activity. The salient features of this protocol are the simplicity in handling of the catalyst, high catalytic activity, excellent selectivity, low copper leaching, and good catalyst recyclability.     

V2O5催化甲醇与乙醇合成异丁醛

研究了甲醇与乙醇在V2O5催化剂上，常压375℃下一步催化合成异丁醛的反应，考察了催化剂活性组分质量分数和制备条件对催化剂催化性能的影响。结果表明，催化剂中V2O5质量分数为75%，焙烧温度480℃、焙烧5h时，催化剂的催化性能较其他条件更佳，乙醇转化率达98.03%，异丁醛的选择性达47.52%。对新鲜催化剂、反应后和再生后催化剂进行了XRD测试，并对反应后催化剂进行了DTA TG测试。结果表明，催化剂在反应过程中有结焦且V2O5在反应过程中被还原为V2O3。通过高温烧炭再生可烧去结焦物，并将V2O3重新氧化为V2O5而使失活催化剂恢复其催化活性。     

Oxidation of methanol catalyzed by silica-supported polystannazane–copper complex

Silica-supported polystannazane–copper complex has been prepared and used as a catalyst for the oxidation of methanol. The results showed that the catalyst could catalyze the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde at a high yield and selectivity at 30°C and under 1 atm mild conditions. The N/Cu mole ratio in the complex, temperature and the amount of NaOH additive had much influence on the catalytic activity. The complex was stable during the reaction and could be used repeatedly.     

碱金属助剂对MnOx／ZrO2催化合成

 研究了MnOx／ZrO2催化剂中添加的碱金属助剂对以合成气合成甲醇及异丁醇反应的影响，并采用BET，XRD和NH3－TPD等表征技术，考察了碱金属助剂的添加对催化剂结构和表面性质的影响．结果表明，碱金属助剂对MnOx／ZrO2催化剂的催化性能有明显影响．在实验条件下，添加1．0％K（K2CO3作为前驱物）的催化剂，其催化性能最好，醇的选择性高达74．8％，异丁醇选择性达16．3％．添加碱金属助剂也使MnOx／ZrO2催化剂的表面性质发生了很大变化，从而影响催化剂的催化性能．     

A facile method for the N-formylation of primary and secondary amines by liquid phase oxidation of methanol in the presence of hydrogen peroxide over basic copper hydroxyl salts

N-formylation reactions by catalytic oxidation of methanol in the presence of primary or secondary amines and hydrogen peroxide has been investigated using a liquid phase reaction system over basic copper hydroxyl salts. A series of basic copper hydroxyl salts was prepared by the conventional precipitation method using aqueous ammonia and sodium hydroxide as precipitating agents. PXRD, SEM, FT-IR, BET were employed for physical characterization of the prepared basic copper hydroxyl salts. The composition of the catalytic material obtained was found dependent on the nature of the anion associated with the copper salt precursor. The copper hydroxyl chloride catalyst has shown the best catalytic performance in terms of the reaction rate and product selectivity whereas for the copper oxide catalyst the reaction rate was extremely slow. It is interesting to observe that 4-piperidone protected with acid-sensitive functional groups such as N-acetyl piperazine and ethylene glycol can also be formylated from moderate to good yields by these catalysts.     

Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (dmc) from co2, ethylene oxide and methanol using heterogeneous anion exchange resins as catalysts

Summary A two-step synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from ethylene oxide (EO), carbon dioxide and methanol using heterogeneous anion exchange resins as catalysts is reported. The first step is the reaction of EO with CO₂ to form ethylene carbonate (EC), and the second one the transesterification of EC with methanol to yield DMC. Effect of various reaction parameters on the activity and selectivity of the catalysts used was investigated. After the first step, the crude mixture containing EC was directly reacted with methanol in the presence of a heterogeneous anion exchange resin catalyst to produce DMC in high yield and selectivity. Our process is highly economic.     

Vapour-liquid equilibria of binary systems of C1-C4 n-alcohols with 1,2-dichloroethane at 323.15 K

Isothermal vapour-liquid equilibrium data have been obtained for binary mixtures of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol or n-butanol with 1,2-dichloroethane at 323.15 K using a dynamic method. VLE data have been tested for thermodynamic consistency and also fitted to Wilson, NRTL and UNIQUAC equations. UNIFAC predictions and experimental data are compared.     

ortho-Selective ethylation of phenol with ethanol catalyzed by bimetallic mesoporous catalyst, CoAl-MCM-41

CoAl-MCM-41 (X) catalysts with X = n_Si/(n_Co + n_Al) various ratios were synthesized and ethylation of phenol with ethanol was studied in vapor-phase at temperatures between 250 and 450 °C. The products obtained were O-alkylated product (ethyl phenyl ether), C-alkylated products (2-ethylphenol and 4-ethylphenol), and C-/O-alkylated products (ethyl ethylphenyl ether). The phenol conversion increased significantly with reaction temperature over all the catalysts. The activity of the catalysts followed the order CoAl-MCM-41 (20) > CoAl-MCM-41 (50) > CoAl-MCM-41 (80). Selectivity between the C-alkylation and the O-alkylation depended on the factors such as acidity of the catalyst and the reaction temperature. CoAl-MCM-41 (20) catalyst displayed a phenol conversion of 40% and a selectivity of more than 80% for 2-ethylphenol under the optimized reaction condition. The ethanol to phenol ratios and the reactant flow rate are also influential for both activity and selectivity of CoAl-MCM-41 catalysts.     

F-T组分改性KCuZrO2催化剂上CO加氢合成异丁醇的性能研究

采用共沉淀法分别制备了不同F-T组分(Fe、Co、Ni)改性的KCuZrO_2催化剂,并用于催化CO加氢合成异丁醇。通过BET、XRD、TEM、XPS、H_2-TPR、CO-TPD以及in-situ DRIFTS对催化剂进行了表征。结果显示,F-T组分的加入促进了乙醇和丙醇的形成,但是对异丁醇选择性影响不同。结果表明,Fe促进了催化剂中各组分的分散,活性组分Cu在催化剂表面发生了富集,提高了H_2/CO活化吸附;另外,KFeCuZrO_2的催化剂表面含有较多的C1物种,有利于乙醇和丙醇进一步发生β-加成反应得到异丁醇,而Co和Ni改性的催化剂上缺少足够的C1物种,因此,异丁醇的选择性并未明显增加。Co的引入对催化剂结构以及Cu的分散影响不大,但是Co改性后催化剂性能有所下降,其原因是催化剂发生了失活; Ni添加后催化剂比表面积有所减小,且催化剂表面Cu/Zr物质的量比也降低到0. 19,催化剂粒径增大,Cu-Zr之间相互作用减弱,异丁醇选择性降低。     

固相法合成铜铝尖晶石催化甲醇重整反应

以氢氧化铜和拟薄水铝石为原料(Cu/Al物质的量比为1/2),采用固相法经过不同温度焙烧后获得了一系列Cu-Al氧化物催化剂.当焙烧温度由500 ℃提高到900 ℃时,催化剂的主要铜物种由CuO渐变为CuAl₂O₄,比表面积由75.0 m²/g降低至16.6 m²/g.在甲醇重整反应过程中,以CuAl₂O₄为主要成分且具有较高比表面积的催化剂表现了优异的催化性能.另外,以CuAl₂O₄为主要成分的催化剂不经过预还原处理时,在反应过程中同时存在活性铜的释放和烧结,其催化活性呈现先增加后降低的趋势.在本研究催化剂制备条件下,优选800 ℃焙烧的催化剂,其催化性能优于商业Cu-Zn-Al催化剂,且具有可再生性.当催化剂不经过预还原处理时,在水醇物质的量比为1、240 ℃、1.01×10⁶ Pa、质量空速为1.75 h^-1的条件下,甲醇起始转化率为55.2%;反应进行288.3 h时,甲醇转化率升高至79.3%;反应继续运行至1 000.5 h时,甲醇转化率降低至63.9%.     

New process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO_2/H_2 based on dual-catalysis

A new process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO2/H2 based on dual-catalysis has been developed. Some alcohols, especially 2-alcohol, were found to have high catalytic promoting effect on the synthesis of methanol from CO hydrogenation. At 443 K and 5 MPa, the synthesis of methanol could process high effectively, resulting from the synergic catalysis of Cu/ZnO solid catalyst and 2-alcohol solvent catalyst. The primary results showed that when 2-butanol was used as reaction solvent, the one-pass average yield and the selectivity of methanol, in 40 h continuous reaction at temperature as low as 443 K and 5 MPa, were high up to 46.51% and 98.94% respectively. The catalytic activity was stable and the reaction temperature was 80 K or so lower than that in current industry synthesis process. This new process hopefully will become a practical method for methanol synthesis at low temperature.     

醋酸溶液中Pd-CuPc/Y催化甲烷选择氧化制甲醇

以氯化铜、钼酸铵、苯酐、氯化铵、尿素和NaY分子筛为原料,采用苯酐-尿素法制备了酞菁铜/分子筛复合物CuPc/Y.采用等体积浸渍法将金属钯担载在CuPc/Y上制备了Pd-CuPc/Y催化剂,并在醋酸水溶液中考察了其催化甲烷选择氧化合成甲醇反应的性能,结果表明,催化性能与反应温度、溶剂中CH₃COOH与H₂O的混合比例、对苯醌用量、反应时间等因素有关,在0.5%Pd-0.5%CuPc/Y添加量0.5 g、CH₃COOH与H₂O体积比4∶1、对苯醌用量1 000 μmol、反应时间3 h、反应温度150 ℃的条件下,甲醇的最佳生成量为1 840 μmol.Pd-CuPc/Y催化剂可以多次循环使用,但由于催化剂流失和催化剂表面的钯粒子聚集的原因,循环使用后的催化剂催化活性有所下降.Pd-CuPc/Y在醋酸溶液中催化甲烷选择氧化合成甲醇是亲电取代反应和活性氧物种氧化共同作用的结果.     

New process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO2/H2 based on dual-catalysis

A new process of low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/CO₂/H₂ based on dual-catalysis has been developed. Some alcohols, especially 2-alcohol, were found to have high catalytic promoting effect on the synthesis of methanol from CO hydrogenation. At 443 K and 5 MPa, the synthesis of methanol could process high effectively, resulting from the synergic catalysis of Cu/ZnO solid catalyst and 2-alcohol solvent catalyst. The primary results showed that when 2-butanol was used as reaction solvent, the one-pass average yield and the selectivity of methanol, in 40 h continuous reaction at temperature as low as 443 K and 5 MPa, were high up to 46.51% and 98.94% respectively. The catalytic activity was stable and the reaction temperature was 80 K or so lower than that in current industry synthesis process. This new process hopefully will become a practical method for methanol synthesis at low temperature.     

Kinetics of hydrogen production of methanol reformation using Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst

The catalytic performance of methanol reformation using Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 was investigated at low temperature. The operation conditions, such as composition of Cu, Zn, and Al, temperature, molar ratio of H2O/CH3OH, weight hourly space velocity, catalyst weight, and kind and flow rate of carrier gas (helium and air), were evaluated to obtain the optimum reaction condition. The catalysts were prepared by oxalic coprecipitation, coprecipitation, and polyol method. The weight composition of Cu, Zn, and Al prepared by oxalic coprecipitation was 15:15:5 by high-throughput screening of combinatorial chemistry method, which was the best Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst. The prepared catalysts showed high activity and selectivity towards hydrogen formation. The methanol conversion, production rate, and volumetric percentage of hydrogen using this best catalyst were larger than 95%, 0.65 mol/h x g and 59%, respectively, and the CO volumetric percentage was smaller than 0.22% when the reaction temperature was 240 degrees C. The size and dispersity of copper, and the activity and turnover frequency of the catalyst were calculated as well.     

甲醇水蒸气重整制氢Cu/ZnO/Al2O3催化剂的研究

燃料电池作为一种无污染、高效率的能源引起世界各大汽车公司的广泛关注[1,2]。用于燃料电池的燃料目前研究较多的是氢气,用氢气作燃料存在储存、安全、运输等问题,寻求合适贮氢方法或替代燃料,实现车载制氢是解决问题的办法。甲醇作为液体燃料,因具有高能量密度,低碳含量,以及运输和贮存等优势成为车载制氢的理想燃料,甲醇水蒸气重整制氢反应也成为研究的热点[3～10]。车载制氢对甲醇水蒸气重整制氢反应体系中的产氢速率,氢气和CO的含量都有一定的要求。尤其对CO含量要求更为苛刻,因CO易引起燃料电池阳极催化剂中毒[11,12]。因此,开…     

Pd(PPh3)2Cl2CuCl2/AC催化乙醇氧化羰化合成碳酸二乙酯

采用浸渍法制备了乙醇直接气相氧化羰化合成碳酸二乙酯的负载型催化剂，并在连续流动固定床反应装置上评价了催化剂的反应活性，考察了催化剂活性组分、载体、活性组分负载量等因素对催化反应活性的影响。结果表明，活性炭是较好的载体，CuCl2是较好的铜盐前驱体，添加了Pd(PPh3)2Cl2的CuCl2/AC催化剂活性更高。当Cu负载量为9.0%，Pd负载量为0.5%时，催化剂的活性较好。在优化的催化剂制备条件下，乙醇的转化率超过30%，碳酸二乙酯（DEC）的选择性达到95%。