Synthesis and catalytic activities in cyclohexane hydroxylation of metalloporphyrins supported on styrene-methylacrylic acid copolymer microspheres

Through a new synthetic strategy, metalloporphyrins (M = Fe(III), Mn(III) or Co(II)) were covalently immobilized on styrene-methylacrylic acid copolymer microspheres. These copolymer-immobilized metalloporphyrins were found to be more efficient catalysts than the analogous non-supported metalloporphyrins for cyclohexane hydroxylation in metalloporphyrin–O₂–ascrobate mixtures. The catalytic activities of the immobilized catalysts follow the order Fe>Mn>Co.     

Synchronously synthesizing and immobilizing porphyrins on crosslinked polystyrene microspheres and preliminary study on catalytic activity of supported metalloporphyrins

A novel method for immobilizing porphyrins as well as metalloporphyrins (MPs) on polymeric supports was found, and it is the way to synchronously synthesize and immobilize porphyrins on polymeric microspheres. By using 4‐hydroxybenzaldehyde (HBA)‐bound crosslinked polystyrene (CPS) microspheres, pyrrole, and benzaldehyde in a solution as co‐reactants and through the Adler's reaction between solid–liquid phases, it was successfully realized to simultaneously synthesize and immobilize phenyl porphyrin (PP) on CPS microspheres, resulting in PP‐supported microspheres PP–CPS. With the same method, substituted PPs, 4‐chlorophenyl porphyrin (CPP) and 4‐nitrophenyl porphyrin (NPP), were also successfully immobilized on CPS microspheres by using substituted benzaldehydes, 4‐chlorobenzaldehyde and 4‐nitrobenzaldehyde, as one reactant in the solution, respectively, and other two porphyrin‐supported microspheres, CPP–CPS and NPP–CPS, were obtained. The effects of various factors on the process of synchronously synthesizing and immobilizing porphyrins on CPS microspheres were mainly studied. Further, the coordination reaction of cobalt salt with PP–CPS as well as CPP–CPS and NPP–CPS was conducted, forming three solid catalysts, CoPP–CPS, CoCPP–CPS, and CoNPP–CPS. The catalytic properties of these catalysts in the catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone by dioxygen were preliminarily examined. The experimental results indicate that the Adler's reaction between solid–liquid phases, namely the reaction between HBA‐bound CPS microspheres and pyrrole as well as free benzaldehyde or analogs in the solution can favorably be carried out. For this process, the fitting protonic acid catalyst is p‐nitrobenzoic acid and appropriate solvent is dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). By comparison, the process of preparing CPP–CPS microspheres is easier to be carried out. The obtained three solid catalysts can effectively catalyze the oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone by dioxygen. In comparison, the catalytic activity of CoNPP–CPS is the highest. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

乙酰糖基金属卟啉的合成及其对烷烃温和氧化的选择性催化作用

由吡咯和葡萄糖取代苯甲醛直接缩合制备了两种葡萄糖取代卟吩,四(邻位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩和四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩,它们进一步金属化合成了四种葡萄糖金属卟啉,氯化四(邻位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合铁、氯化四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合铁、氯化四(邻位四乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合锰和氯化四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合锰。它们的结构由紫外-可见光谱、元素分析和核磁共振证实。研究了这些葡萄糖取代金属卟啉对亚碘酰苯常温常压下氧化异戊烷反应的选择性催化作用。研究表明,糖基金属卟啉催化异戊烷端基碳氢键的氧化,对一级碳氢键表现出专一性催化作用。非糖基金属卟啉催化异戊烷二级和三级碳氢键的氧化。与非糖基金属卟啉比较,糖基金属卟啉对烷烃羟基化反应的催化行为更接近细胞色素P-450单充氧酶。     

Selective catalytic transformation of polystyrene into ethylbenzene over Fe-Cu-Co/Alumina

FeCuCo over aluminum oxide catalyst was prepared to catalytically degrade polystyrene (PS) into ethylbenzene (EB) under mild conditions. This catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, STEM-EELS, STEM-EDS, XPS, and physical properties. A significant selectivity toward EB formation at 250 °C was achieved in the absence of hydrogen with 82% liquid yield. End-chain session and cross-linking reactions are proposed to be the dominant pathways in the degradation of PS over FeCuCo to form EB.     

取代氨乙基膦酸钡负载新型固体碱制备及催化性能研究

由于固体碱催化剂具有反应条件温和,选择性高,不腐蚀设备,与产物容易分离,可重复使用,不污染环境等优点,所以寻求环境友好的新型固体碱、固体超强碱催化材料已成为众多研究者关注的焦点。     

High catalytic activities of artificial peroxidases based on supramolecular hydrogels that contain heme models

Composed of a supramolecular hydrogel and a heme model compound, a new type of artificial peroxidase shows high catalytic activity in organic media. The activity of this new type of artificial enzyme is significantly higher than that of the heme model compounds alone. Changes in the distal substituents above the coordinated-metal centers of the model compounds directly modulate catalytic activity. This supramolecular-hydrogel-based artificial enzyme is most active in toluene, reaching about 90% of the nascent activity of horseradish peroxidase. Moreover, this study confirms that the incorporation of the heme models into the nanofibers of gelators accounts for most of the enhancement of catalytic activity.     

Intrinsic catalytic structure of gold nanoparticles supported on TiO2

Despite the fragility of TiO(2) under electron irradiation, the intrinsic structure of Au/TiO(2) catalysts can be observed by environmental transmission electron microscopy. Under reaction conditions (CO/air 100?Pa), the major {111} and {100} facets of the gold nanoparticles are exposed and the particles display a polygonal interface with the TiO(2) support bounded by sharp edges parallel to the 〈110〉 directions.     

Mathematical modeling of the catalytic degradation of polystyrene in the presence of aluminum chloride

We model the effect of the catalyst AlCl₃ on polystyrene (PS). Detailed experimental studies were previously carried out on the effect of AlCl₃ on PS, as part of an effort to understand how to minimize the degradation of PS during the Friedel-Crafts alkylation performed to obtain a graft copolymer from immiscible blends of PS and a polyolefin (PO). In the present work three mathematical models for the catalytic degradation of PS are proposed, all of which consider that reaction starts with the elimination of a phenyl group from the PS chain, followed by either chain scission or a change in the chain structure. The models vary in the way they consider the strength of the main chain bonds, or the reactivity of modified PS chains. Kinetic parameters for each model are estimated. Although the three proposed models could be used to represent our own experimental data, one is more accurate. Experimental data from other authors are used to evaluate its capabilities. Based on the predictions of the better model, we discuss conditions to minimize PS scission, such as operating at low temperatures and AlCl₃ concentrations, and using short processing times.     

Gold surface plasmon crystal structure based‐on polystyrene template for biosensor application

In this communication, we assembled ordered polystyrene (PS) microsphere array as a template with the drop‐coating method, and the oxygen plasma was used to etch the template to adjust the spacing between the PS microspheres. Nano‐triangular gold array and silver nano‐pyramid array were obtained by ion beam sputtering to deposit precious metal gold and silver. We observed the surface morphology of Au and Au/Ag composite films by scanning electron microscope and characterized the films by X‐ray diffraction and ultraviolet/visible light spectrophotometer. The results show that the etching time of oxygen plasma has an obvious effect in adjusting the spacing between PSs and has a significant effect on the morphology of Au structure.     

Influence of montmorillonite nano-dispersion on polystyrene photo-oxidation

UV photo-oxidative degradation of polystyrene/montmorillonite nanocomposites (PS/o-MMTs) and microcomposite (PS/Na/MMT), obtained via in situ bulk polymerization, has been studied in accelerated conditions. Imidazolium or standard alkylammonium surfactants were used to modify MMT. The chemical modification resulting from photo-oxidation has been followed using infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The rate of photo-oxidation of PS/o-MMT and PS/Na/MMT was faster than that of pristine PS. The results suggest that the photo-oxidative instability could be related to the degree of exfoliation and then to the presence of catalytic active sites on the MMT layer surface.     

Viscometric study on the miscibility of polystyrene/brominated polystyrene blends

The miscibility of polystyrene/brominated polystyrene blends (PS/PBrS) was investigated by using dilute-solution viscometry (DSV) method. The intrinsic viscosity and the viscometric parameters of this system have been determined at 20 ± 0.1 °C for prepared several PS/PBrS compositions (85/15, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75, 10/90). The binary systems were prepared in chloroform at five different concentrations; 0.15, 0.30, 0.60, 0.90, 1.20 g 100 ml⁻¹. The miscibility criteria on the basis of the sign of Δ[η] _m, Δb and Δb′, which are based on the difference between experimental and ideal values of [η]_m, and b_m were calculated by applying the Garcia et al., Catsiff-Hewett and Krigbaum-Wall theoretical equations. The thermodynamic parameter, α, modified thermodynamic parameter, β, and interaction parameter, μ, were also estimated. The data obtained from the viscometry studies showed that the examined blends were immiscible in all the compositions range besides the composition (10/90). The results from the DSV method are correlated with the miscibility data obtained for the same blend by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) find.     

金属卟啉催化条件下有机化合物与二氧化碳的电羧化反应Ⅰ. 金属卟啉对苄基氯电羧化催化活性的研究

本文研究了系列金属卟啉对苯基氯(phCH~2Cl)和CO~2电羧化反应的催化活性.用熔点,MS,IR,UV鉴别产物为苯乙酸卟脂,利用高效液相色谱(HPLC)定量分析了羧化产物,选出最佳电羧化电解电位为-1.6v(相对于饱和甘汞电极,vs.SCE,下同). 并对催化活性较高的钴卟啉系列配合物进行了深入研究. 探讨了金属卟啉具有催化活性的原因,认为能形成M(Ⅰ)中间体的金属卟啉配合物.具有较高的催化活性.     

双核铜酶模型的合成及对安息香的催化氧化

为寻求更有效的仿酶模型,本文设计合成了含四个咪唑配基、两个咪唑基与铜配位的新型双核铜酶模型,并实现了在氧气存在下模型对安息香的催化氧化作用。以邻-氯苯酚为原料,经直接咪唑甲基化,醚化偶联,继与[Cu(CH~3CN)~4]CLO~4反应合成目标酶模型6-8。类似地,由对-氯苯酚合成酶模型9。以机械7为例,研究了在氧气下它们催化氧化安息香为二苯乙二酮的反应,高产率地合成目标产物,并求得催化氧化反应动力学参数。考查不同催化剂对反应的影响,发现它们的活性次序如下:7>4+[Cu(CH~3CN)~4]ClO~4>[Cu(CH~3(CN)~4]ClO~4>2+[Cu(CH~3CN)~4]ClO~4。     

Sustainable use of eggshell powder in the composite based on recycled polystyrene and virgin polystyrene mixture

One of the ideas to recycle plastic waste is to mix it with virgin plastic in order to produce sustainable material. In this study, recycled polystyrene (R-PS) is used as a mixing component with virgin polystyrene (PS). Besides, eggshell powder (ESP) was also incorporated to reduce the compounding cost of the composite. Effects of R-PS/PS weight percentage on properties of composites were studied. Increasing PS content has increased tensile properties and impact strength of composites. Results obtained from these properties are in good relation to SEM micrographs. More surprisingly, R-PS plays a crucial role in enhancing the thermal stability of composites. This is simply due to the impurities contained in R-PS.     

Effects of composition on catalytic activities of molybdenum doped platinum nanoparticles

The physical and chemical properties of bimetallic nanoparticles can be optimized by tuning the particle composition. In this study, we identified CO adsorption and dissociation energetics on five Pt-Mo nanoparticles at different concentrations, the lowest energy Pt₇, Pt₆Mo, Pt₅Mo₂, Pt₄Mo₃, and Mo₇ clusters. We have shown that the CO adsorption and dissociation energies and preferred CO adsorption sites are largely dependent on the composition of the nanoparticles. As the Mo concentration increases, the strength of the C-O internal bond in the adsorption complex decreases, as indicated by a decrease in the C-O stretching frequency. Also, more Mo sites in the nanoparticle become available for CO adsorption, and the preferred CO adsorption site switches from Pt to Mo. For these reasons, dissociation of CO is energetically favorable on Pt₄Mo₃ and Mo₇. On both compositions, we have shown that the dissociation paths begin with CO adsorbed on a Mo site in a multifold configuration, in particular in a tilted configuration. These findings provide insight on the effects of the composition on the chemical and catalytical properties of Pt-Mo nanoparticles, thereby guiding future experiments on the synthesis of nanoparticles, especially those that may be suitable for various desired applications containing CO.     

Effect of solvents on electro-spinnability of polystyrene solutions and morphological appearance of resulting electrospun polystyrene fibers

The effects of solvents and their properties on electro-spinnability of the as-prepared polystyrene (PS) solutions and the morphological appearance of the as-spun PS fibers were investigated qualitatively by means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The eighteen solvents used were benzene, t-butylacetate, carbontetrachloride, chlorobenzene, chloroform, cyclohexane, decahydronaphthalene (decalin), 1,2-dichloroethane, dimethylformamide (DMF), 1,4-dioxane, ethylacetate, ethylbenzene, hexane, methylethylketone (MEK), nitrobenzene, tetrahydrofuran (THF), 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin), and toluene. The PS solutions in 1,2-dichloroethane, DMF, ethylacetate, MEK, and THF could produce fibers with high enough productivity, while the PS solutions in benzene, cyclohexane, decalin, ethylbenzene, nitrobenzene, and tetralin were not spinnable. Qualitative observation of the results obtained suggested that the important factors determining the electro-spinnability of the as-prepared PS solutions are high enough values of both the dipole moment of the solvent and the conductivity of both the solvent and the resulting solutions, high enough boiling point of the solvent, not-so-high values of both the viscosity and the surface tension of the resulting solutions.     

The catalytic oxidation of phenol with H2O2 by metalloporphyrins as peroxidase mimics

Summary Three metalloporphyrin complexes are used as peroxidase mimics in the oxidation of phenol by hydrogen peroxide.A kinetic model for the titled reaction is constructed.     

2-位碲桥联环糊精的制备、表征及其谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性的研究

该文以三种母体环糊精(CD),即α-、β-和γ-CD为修饰模板,将功能性基团有机碲引入到环糊精次面的2位羟基上,制备得到了三种具有谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPX)活性的GPX模拟物。采用元素分析、红外光谱、核磁共振等手段对三种环糊精衍生物的结构进行了表征。运用GPX经典双酶体系法测定了三种环糊精衍生物的GPX活性,实验结果表明三者均具有很高的催化活性,其中2-位碲桥联γ-环糊精(2-Te-γ-CD)具有最高的GPX活性,其催化谷胱甘肽(GSH)还原过氧化氢(H2O2),叔丁基过氧化氢(t-BuOOH)和枯烯过氧化氢(CuOOH)的活力分别是传统"小分子硒酶"Ebselen的80.5,333.3和118.3倍。