Catalytic performance of metal oxides for the synthesis of propylene carbonate from urea and 1,2-propanediol

The influences of acid–base properties of metal oxides on the catalytic performance for synthesis of propylene carbonate from urea and 1,2-propanediol was investigated, and the reaction was stepwise. The amphoteric ZnO showed the best activity, and the yield of propylene carbonate reached 98.9%. The urea decomposition over oxides was characterized by using FTIR. ZnO, CaO, MgO and La₂O₃ were favorable to promote urea decomposition to form the isocyanate species, and the formation of isocyanate species was the key to urea alcoholysis. The catalytic activity of urea decomposition was consistency to the catalytic performance for synthesis of propylene carbonate. Based on these, the probable reaction mechanism was proposed.     

离子液体接枝的有机介孔催化剂的制备及催化碳酸丙烯酯水解反应

以甲基咪唑和3-氯-1丙醇为原料合成离子液体（1-羟丙基-3-甲基咪唑四氟硼酸盐,NpmimBF4）,并将其接枝固载到有机介孔材料（FDU-15）上,合成制备了有机介孔催化剂（NpmimBF4- FDU）。采用热重、Ｘ射线衍射、红外光谱及透射电子显微镜等技术手段对催化剂结构进行了表征,并考察了催化剂在碳酸丙烯酯（PC）水解反应中的催化性能,结果表明,该催化体系在常压下能有效催化碳酸丙烯酯水解生成1,2-丙二醇。在催化剂的质量分数为4%、温度80 ℃、反应时间2 h的条件下,1,2-丙二醇的产率大于99%。经简单分离后催化剂可重复使用5次,但活性变化较大。同时对催化碳酸丙烯酯水解生成1,2-丙二醇（PG）的反应机理进行了初步探讨。     

MCF固载离子液体催化CO2合成碳酸丙烯酯的研究

通过原位合成法将[(EtO)3SiPMIm]Cl固载在MCF材料上,制得MCF固载化离子液体催化剂[(EtO)3Si PMIm]Cl/MCF。用N2吸附-脱附、TEM和FT-IR等手段表征催化剂,并考察其在CO2与环氧丙烷(PO)环加成合成碳酸丙烯酯(PC)反应中的催化性能。结果表明,嫁接等量离子液体后,MCF固载化离子液体催化剂体系对CO2环加成合成PC反应的催化活性高于SBA-15催化剂体系。在2.5MPa、140℃反应条件下,PO的转化率高达85.4%,且催化剂具有良好的循环使用性。     

Synthesis of propylene carbonate from urea and 1,2-propylene glycol over ZnO/NaY catalyst

Propylene carbonate (PC) was produced from 1,2-propylene glycol (1,2-PG) and urea in a continuous-flow fixed bed reactor over heterogeneous ZnO catalyst supported on NaY. Among different ZnO loadings of ZnO/NaY catalysts, 5 wt% ZnO loadings of ZnO/NaY showed the highest activity. Characterization and reaction results indicated that the catalysts with a balanced strength of acid and base sites performed well for the synthesis of propylene carbonate from urea and 1,2-PG.     

Dimethyl carbonate synthesis via transesterification catalyzed by quaternary ammonium salt functionalized chitosan

A quaternary ammonium salt covalently linked to chitosan was first used as a catalyst for dimethyl carbonate （DMC） synthesis by the transesterification of propylene carbonate （PC） with methanol. The effects of various reaction variables like reaction time, temperature and pressure on the catalytic performance were also investigated. 54% DMC yield and 71% PC conversion were obtained under the optimal reaction conditions. Notably, the catalyst was able to be reused with retention of high catalytic activity and selectivity. Consequently, the process presented here has great potential for industrial application due to its advantages such as stability, easy preparation from renewable biopolymer, and simple separation from products.     

KI与无机铵盐催化CO2与环氧丙烷合成碳酸丙烯酯

以无毒、合成简单、廉价的无机铵盐(氨基甲酸铵、碳酸氢铵、碳酸铵等)为助催化剂,研究其对卤化钾(KCl、KBr、KI)催化CO2与环氧丙烷合成碳酸丙烯酯(PC)的影响.结果表明,卤化钾与无机铵盐显示出很好的协同催化效应.其中以氨基甲酸铵为助催化剂,KI为主催化剂时,催化合成PC的效果最好.同时考察了催化剂用量、反应温度、CO2初始压力、PC的预加入量、反应时间等因素对反应的影响.在优化条件下,PC收率大于99%.     

KI与无机铵盐催化CO2与环氧丙烷合成碳酸丙烯酯

以无毒、合成简单、廉价的无机铵盐(氨基甲酸铵、碳酸氢铵、碳酸铵等)为助催化剂, 研究其对卤化钾(KCl、KBr、KI)催化CO₂与环氧丙烷合成碳酸丙烯酯(PC)的影响. 结果表明, 卤化钾与无机铵盐显示出很好的协同催化效应. 其中以氨基甲酸铵为助催化剂, KI为主催化剂时, 催化合成PC的效果最好. 同时考察了催化剂用量、反应温度、CO₂初始压力、PC的预加入量、反应时间等因素对反应的影响. 在优化条件下, PC收率大于99%.     

ZnO催化尿素和丙二醇合成碳酸丙烯酯的反应研究

尿素和丙二醇合成碳酸丙烯酯(PC)在热力学上是可进行的。根据ZnO对尿素和丙二醇的催化反应性能,讨论了合成PC的反应历程。结果表明,该反应是分步进行的,首先尿素分解生成氨气和异氰酸,异氰酸与ZnO作用形成异氰酸物种,在丙二醇的作用下生成中间产物羟丙基氨基甲酸酯(HPC),然后由HPC脱氨气生成PC。 ZnO在尿素分解和HPC脱氨气转化为PC的反应过程中起催化作用。     

The Kinetics of the Reaction of Carbon Dioxide with Propylene Oxide Catalyzed by a Chromium–Salen Complex

The kinetics of the reaction of CO₂ with propylene oxide utilizing a salenCrCl/PPNCl active catalytic system is studied with varying reaction conditions (temperature, pressure, and cocatalyst/catalyst ratio). The reaction proceeds selectively to form cyclic propylene carbonate (PC) at [PPNCl]/[salenCrCl] ratios above two. The value of the effective activation energy of PC formation is found.     

One-pot Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate in the Presence of a Two-component Catalyst

The one-pot synthesis of dimethyl carbonate（DMC） with co-production of propy-lene carbonate（PC） and propylene glycol（PG） from propylene oxide（ PO）, carbon dioxide and methanol as the starting materials was investigated. The catalyst adopted here was a mixture of tetrabutyl ammonium bromide and sodium methoxide. It was found that un- der the reaction conditions of t = 150 ℃, p =3-4 MPa and 2 h, the PO conversion could reach 100%, the DMC, PC and the PG selectivities were 49. 7%, 42. 7% and 49. 8%, respectively, and the selectivity of by-products was below 10%.     

Hydrogenative Depolymerization of End-of-Life Polycarbonates by an Iron Pincer Complex

Chemical recycling processes can contribute to a resource-efficient plastic economy. Herein, a procedure for the iron-catalyzed hydrogenation of the carbonate function of end-of-life polycarbonates under simultaneous depolymerization is presented. The use of a straightforward iron pincer complex leads to high rate of depolymerization of poly(bisphenol A carbonate) and poly(propylene carbonate) yielding the monomers bisphenol A and 1,2-propanediol, respectively, as products under mild reaction conditions. Furthermore, the iron complex was able to depolymerize polycarbonates containing goods and mixture of plastics containing polycarbonates.     

Acetalation and Ketalation Catalyzed by SO42-/TiO2-MoO3

The catalytic activities of SO42-/TiO2-MoO3 in synthesizing cyclohexanone ethylene ketal,cyclohexanone 1,2-propanediol ketal, 2-propyl-1,3-dioxolane, 4-methyl-2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane,2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane, 4-methyl-2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane, butanone ethy-lene ketal and butanone 1,2-propanediol ketal were reported. It has been demonstrated that SO42-/TiO2-MoO3 is an excellent catalyst. Various factors concerned in this reaction have been investigated. The optimum conditions have been found, that is, the molar ratio of aldehyde/ketone to alcohol was 1:1.5 or 1:1.3,the mass ratio of the catalyst used to the reactants was 0.25～1.5%, and the reaction time was 45～60 min. Under this conditions, the yield of cyclohexanone ethylene ketal is 82.7%, cyclohexanone 1,2-propanediol ketal is 83.4%, the yield of 2-propyl-1,3-dioxolane is 68.1%,4-methyl-2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane is 87.5%, the yield of 2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane is 70.7%,4-methyl-2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane is 82.5%, the yield of butanone ethylene ketal is 74.1%, and butanone 1,2-propanediol ketal is 94.9%.Some equation and experiment results concerned of the synthetic acetals or ketals were listed as follows.     

不同载体负载Cu催化剂上甘油氢解制1,2-丙二醇催化性能的研究

采用等体积浸渍法合成了一系列不同载体负载的Cu基催化剂,并研究了其在甘油氢解反应中的催化性能。借助X射线衍射(XRD)、程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)和氨气程序升温脱附(NH₃-TPD)等手段对催化剂进行了表征,同时考察了反应温度、反应压力、反应时间和催化剂重复使用次数对其催化性能的影响。结果表明,载体对催化剂反应性能影响较大,且甘油氢解反应需要适当的酸性;当在催化剂8Cu/γ-Al₂O₃用量为反应原料质量的2.5%、反应温度513 K、反应压力6 MPa、反应时间6 h、反应原料为质量分数为10%的甘油水溶液的条件下,其催化效果最优,甘油转化率最高为88.4%,1,2-丙二醇的选择性可达到86.2%,且催化剂显示了良好的稳定性。     

Influence of different substitution in pyrazolium ionic liquids on catalytic activity for the fixation of CO2 under solvent- and metal-free conditions

Three pyrazolium ionic liquids, 1,2-diethylpyrazolium bromide (DEPzBr), 1,2-diethyl-3-methylpyrazolium bromide (DEMPzBr), and 1,2-diethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazolium bromide (DEDMPzBr), are firstly applied as catalysts for coupling reaction of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and propylene oxide (PO) with the propylene carbonate (PC) yields in a range of 82.7%–88.7% under a benign condition, 120?°C, 2.0?MPa initial CO₂ pressure and 4?h with 0.5?mol% catalysts loading. The relationship between structure and catalytic activity of pyrazolium ionic liquids are investigated by two different theoretical models, which indicates that both electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bond promote the ring-opening of PO. Both the theoretical and experimental results present that the catalytic activity decreases in the sequence of DEPzBr?>?DEDMPzBr?>?DEMPzBr. Pyrazolium ionic liquids would be employed as a novel efficient single-component catalyst without solvent and co-catalyst. It is expected that we would open an express pathway to develop new catalysts with the desired properties.     

4-苄氧甲基-1,3-二氧戊环-2-酮及其聚合物的合成

以苯甲醇、3-氯-1,2-丙二醇和固体光气等为原料,制备了一种五元环状碳酸酯4-苄氧甲基-1,3-二氧戊环2酮(BPC),并用IR、1H NMR、13C NMR、MS、元素分析对其进行了表征.在辛酸亚锡作用下制备了BPC均聚物及其与DL丙交酯(DL- LA)的共聚物,并进行了表征.结果表明,BPC可均聚也可与DL- LA共聚,为改善传统的生物降解型脂肪族聚酯的亲水性及在可降解聚合物中引入反应性基团提供了新的途径.     

二吡啶胺配合物的合成及其在二氧化碳合成碳酸丙烯酯反应中的催化性能

以二吡啶胺的去质子化溶液为配体,后过渡金属(铁、钴、镍等)和稀土金属(铒、钕、钆等)为金属源,合成了6个二吡啶胺配合物(2a~2f),其结构经IR确证。研究了2a~2f对二氧化碳合成碳酸丙烯酯(PC)反应的催化性能。结果表明：2a 0.15 mmol, 四丁基溴化铵0.6 mmol, 锌粉3 mmol, 于1.5 MPa, 100 ℃反应1 h, PC产率最高(53.21%)。     

Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonate Catalyzed by DBU Derived Basic Ionic Liquids

In this work, 1,8‐diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec‐7‐ene (DBU), 1,5‐diazabicyclo[4.3.0]‐5‐nonene (DBN), and imidazole (MIM)‐derived bromide ionic liquids (ILs) were synthesized and used to catalyze the cycloaddition reactions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) with several kinds of epoxides to form cyclic carbonates. The DBU derived bromide ionic liquid system was found to have the best catalytic activity among all the tested ILs. The influences of reaction conditions (including temperature, pressure and reaction time) on the reaction of CO₂ to propylene oxide (PO) were studied to show the best conditions of 120 °C, 1 MPa, 2.5 h catalyzed by 2 mol% DBU‐derived bromide ionic liquid, with the conversion of PO and the selectivity of propylene carbonate (PC) reaching 99% and 99%, respectively. Under the optimum reaction conditions, the ionic liquid system could be reused at least five times without decrease in selectivity and conversion. NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations were used to reveal the hydrogen‐bond interaction between ionic liquids and reagent, based on which the reaction mechanism was proposed.     

过渡金属改性Mg-Al基固体碱催化剂上碳酸丙烯酯与甲醇合成碳酸二甲酯的研究

以共沉淀法制备了一系列不同价态过渡金属(Fe、Cu、Zr)改性的Mg-Al固体碱催化剂,考察了其对于甲醇与碳酸丙烯酯(PC)酯交换合成碳酸二甲酯的反应性能。采用XRD、N_2吸附-脱附、FT-IR、XPS、CO_2-TPD等手段对催化剂的物理化学性质进行了表征。结果表明,催化剂的碱强度、碱密度是影响催化活性的主要因素,不同价态过渡金属的加入可以调控Mg-Al固体催化剂的碱性。在考察的催化剂中,FeMgAl催化剂具有最高的表面碱密度,因此,表现出最好的催化性能。在温度为65℃、时间为4 h、甲醇与PC物质的量比为10∶1、催化剂用量为4%的反应条件下,PC转化率可达66.2%。     

钨硅酸的制备及其在催化合成缩酮(醛)中的应用

本文探讨了钨硅酸的制备方法,以合成环己酮1,2-内二醇缩酮为例验证钨硅酸的催化活性,并探讨了合成其它缩酮（醛）的适宜条件,得到的收率分别为：环己酮1,2-丙二醇缩酮85．5％、环己酮乙二醇缩酮89．6％、丁酮乙二醇缩酮79．5％、丁醛乙二醇缩醛89．1％、丁醛1,2丙二醇缩醛81．5％。     

甲醇和碳酸丙烯酯合成碳酸二甲酯的研究

采用浸渍法以ZrO2为载体，以碱金属氢氧化物和碳酸盐为前驱体制备了不同的固体碱催化剂，在温和反应条件下考察了催化剂的酯交换扳应性能，并通过BET、XRD和CO2－TPD等方法对催化剂进行了表征，结果表明：Na2CO3负载到不同载体上，其催化性能明显不同，Na2CO3/ZrO2催化剂获得了较高的酯交换活性。载体的比表面和孔结构与催化剂的反应活性无一定的依存关系。而催化剂表面的酸碱性是影响酯交换活性的重要因素。