Mechanistic basis for high reactivity of (salen)Co-OTs in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides

The (salen)Co(III)-catalyzed hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides is a bimetallic process with a rate controlled by partitioning between a nucleophilic (salen)Co-OH catalyst and a Lewis acidic (salen)Co-X catalyst. The commonly used (salen)Co-OAc and (salen)Co-Cl precatalysts undergo complete and irreversible counterion addition to epoxide during the course of the epoxide hydrolysis reaction, resulting in quantitative formation of weakly Lewis acidic (salen)Co-OH and severely diminished reaction rates in the late stages of HKR reactions. In contrast, (salen)Co-OTs maintains high reactivity over the entire course of HKR reactions. We describe here an investigation of catalyst partitioning with different (salen)Co-X precatalysts and demonstrate that counterion addition to epoxide is reversible in the case of the (salen)Co-OTs. This reversible counterion addition results in stable partitioning between nucleophilic and Lewis acidic catalyst species, allowing highly efficient catalysis throughout the course of the HKR reaction.     

Self-assembly approach toward chiral bimetallic catalysts: bis-urea-functionalized (salen)cobalt complexes for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides

A series of novel bis-urea-functionalized (salen)Co complexes has been developed. The complexes were designed to form self-assembled structures in solution through intermolecular urea-urea hydrogen-bonding interactions. These bis-urea (salen)Co catalysts resulted in rate acceleration (up to 13 times) in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of rac-epichlorohydrin in THF by facilitating cooperative activation, compared to the monomeric catalyst. In addition, one of the bis-urea (salen)Co(III) catalyst efficiently resolves various terminal epoxides even under solvent-free conditions by requiring much shorter reaction time at low catalyst loading (0.03-0.05 mol %). A series of kinetic/mechanistic studies demonstrated that the self-association of two (salen)Co units through urea-urea hydrogen bonds was responsible for the observed rate acceleration. The self-assembly study with the bis-urea (salen)Co by FTIR spectroscopy and with the corresponding (salen)Ni complex by (1)H NMR spectroscopy showed that intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions exist between the bis-urea scaffolds in THF. This result demonstrates that self-assembly approach by using non-covalent interactions can be an alternative and useful strategy toward the efficient HKR catalysis.     

Enhanced cooperativity through design: pendant Co(III)--salen polymer brush catalysts for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epichlorohydrin (salen=N,N'-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine dianion)

The Co(III)--salen-catalyzed (salen=N,N'-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine dianion) hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic epoxides has emerged as a highly attractive and efficient method of synthesizing chiral C(3) building blocks for intermediates in larger, more complex molecules. HKR reaction rates have displayed a second order dependency on the concentration of active sites, and thus researchers have proposed a bimetallic transition state for the HKR mechanism. Here we report the utilization of pendant Co(III)--salen catalysts on silica supported polymer brushes as a catalyst for the HKR of epichlorohydrin. The novel polymer brush architecture provided a unique framework for promoting site-site interactions as required in the proposed bimetallic transition state of the HKR mechanism. Furthermore, the polymer brushes mimic the environment of soluble polymer-based catalysts, whereas the silica support permitted facile recovery and reuse of the catalyst. The polymer brush catalyst displayed increased activities over the soluble Jacobsen Co--salen catalyst and was observed to retain its high enantioselectivities (>99 %) after each of five reactions despite decreasing activities. Analysis indicated decomposition of the salen ligand as an underlying cause of catalyst deactivation.     

用于丙烯环氧化的 Ti/HMS 催化剂的失活与再生

 研究了以异丙苯过氧化氢为氧化剂选择氧化丙烯制环氧丙烷的 Ti/HMS 催化剂的失活原因. 采用 XRD (X 射线衍射), FT-IR (傅里叶变换红外光谱), UV-Vis (紫外-可见光谱) 和 TG (热重分析) 等技术表征了催化剂失活前后的结构和化学组成. 结果表明, 催化剂的失活主要是由于反应过程中所产生的重组分在催化剂表面吸附, 覆盖了活性中心所致; 并不是由于四配位的活性钛物种转化为六配位、八配位或者锐钛矿 TiO2 所致. 采用热异丙苯溶剂洗涤的方法可以部分恢复失活催化剂的活性, 但不能恢复到新鲜催化剂的水平; 采用低温烧炭方法能够使催化剂的活性恢复到新鲜催化剂的水平. 因此, Ti/HMS 催化剂的失活是可逆的, 采用合适的再生方法可以恢复其催化活性.     

环己酮氨肟化反应中失活TS-1催化剂上沉积物的物化表征

在液相环己酮氨肟化反应中，有机物在钛硅分子筛催化剂（TS-1）上的沉积是造成失活的原因之一。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱、热重-差热、色谱-质谱联用、X-射线衍射、固体核磁共振、N2物理吸附和扫描电镜等分析手段，对失活TS-1的骨架结构及表面沉积物分子的结构和物化性质进行了表征。结果表明，引起催化剂失活的沉积物富集在分子筛的孔道内，主要有环己酮的氧化或还原产物、环己酮的二聚物、环己酮肟深度反应产物、叔丁基环己酮等可溶性沉积物以及它们缩聚而成的不溶性沉积物，其量可占失活催化剂总质量的5.0%。TPO烧炭时靠近Ti中心处的沉积物可以在较低温度下脱除，而孔道内的其他沉积物需要在较高温度下脱除，650℃沉积的炭可完全脱除。失活催化剂经700℃煅烧再生后，催化活性可恢复到新鲜催化剂的水平。     

Highly selective hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides catalyzed by chiral (salen)Co(III) complexes. Practical synthesis of enantioenriched terminal epoxides and 1,2-diols

The hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides catalyzed by chiral (salen)Co(III) complex 1 x OAc affords both recovered unreacted epoxide and 1,2-diol product in highly enantioenriched form. As such, the HKR provides general access to useful, highly enantioenriched chiral building blocks that are otherwise difficult to access, from inexpensive racemic materials. The reaction has several appealing features from a practical standpoint, including the use of H(2)O as a reactant and low loadings (0.2-2.0 mol %) of a recyclable, commercially available catalyst. In addition, the HKR displays extraordinary scope, as a wide assortment of sterically and electronically varied epoxides can be resolved to > or = 99% ee. The corresponding 1,2-diols were produced in good-to-high enantiomeric excess using 0.45 equiv of H(2)O. Useful and general protocols are provided for the isolation of highly enantioenriched epoxides and diols, as well as for catalyst recovery and recycling. Selectivity factors (k(rel)) were determined for the HKR reactions by measuring the product ee at ca. 20% conversion. In nearly all cases, k(rel) values for the HKR exceed 50, and in several cases are well in excess of 200.     

Oxidation of styrene epoxide–acid binary system and styrene epoxide–acid–amine ternary system catalyzed by Co(II) salts

The Co(II) salt (nitrate, chloride)-induced acceleration of styrene epoxide (SE) consumption and oxidation by molecular oxygen in acetonitrile solutions of three- and four-component systems, SE–acetic acid–cobalt salt and SE–acetic acid–cobalt salt–aniline, was found and investigated. The heterolytic epoxide ring opening in SE and homolysis (oxidation) catalyzed by cobalt salts can be accomplished in the presence of acid co-catalyst. The competition between homolysis and heterolysis processes in the presence of metal-containing catalyst was discovered for the first time for this type of system. The cobalt catalyst is deactivated during the styrene epoxide conversion.     

Mg助剂对Co/Mg/HZSM-5催化剂结构及其催化甲烷部分氧化制合成气性能的影响

采用XRD、TEM、H2-TPR、Raman、XPS和活性评价等方法, 研究了Mg助剂对Co/Mg/HZSM-5催化剂物理化学性质和甲烷部分氧化(POM)制合成气反应性能的影响. 研究发现, 在Co/HZSM-5催化剂中添加Mg助剂, 可有效地提高催化剂的催化活性和稳定性. 在750 ℃和空速1.0×10⁵ mL·h^-1·g^-1反应条件下, Co/Mg/HZSM-5在连续反应30 h的实验时间内催化活性稳定不变, 而Co/HZSM-5因其活性中心Co0转化生成CoAl2O4非活性相, 反应10 h后即迅速失活. 催化剂表征结果表明, 在Co/Mg/HZSM-5催化剂中钴物种除以Co3O4存在外, 一部分钴物种还与Mg助剂发生强相互作用生成较难还原的MgCo2O4, 由此导致还原后钴金属的分散度较高. 关联催化剂表征和活性评价结果, 讨论了催化剂结构与性能之间的关系.     

Chiral Co(III)(salen)-catalysed hydrolytic kinetic resolution of racemic epoxides in ionic liquids

In the chiral Co(III)(salen)-catalysed HKR of racemic epoxides, in the presence of ionic liquids, Co(II)(salen) complex is oxidised without acetic acid to catalytically active Co(III)(salen) complex during reaction and, moreover, this oxidation state is stabilised against reduction to Co(II) complex which enables the reuse of the recovered catalyst for consecutive reactions without extra reoxidation.     

丙烷脱氢PtSn/Al_2O_3催化剂积炭行为研究

通过HRTEM、XRD、FT-IR、Raman、~(13)C NM R、NH_3-TPD、DTG及元素分析等表征手段,研究了丙烷脱氢PtSn催化剂积炭性质及其对催化剂结构的影响,分析了催化剂的积炭失活过程。结果表明,积炭覆盖活性位并堵塞催化剂孔道是催化剂失活主要因素;与新鲜催化剂相比,催化剂积炭完全失活后,Pt颗粒粒径并没有明显变化;完全失活时,XRD谱图出现了无定形石墨炭的衍射峰;随着积炭量的增加,焦的石墨化程度越高,芳构化程度加深,难以消除的炭增多,再生难度加大。提出丙烷在Pt活性位深度脱氢形成积炭并向载体转移的历程,认为更为稳定的C_(24)H_(12)是积炭前驱体。     

低温NH_3-SCR催化剂MnO_x-CeO_x/ACF的SO_2中毒机理(英文)

在二氧化硫(SO2)气氛下,对Fe、Cu和V改性的催化剂MnOx-CeOx/ACF(活性碳纤维)的氨选择性催化还原(NH3-SCR)一氧化氮的低温活性进行研究.实验结果表明:以Cu和V改性催化剂未提高MnOx-CeOx/ACF的低温抗SO2性能;Fe改性MnOx-CeOx/ACF在初始6h内提高了催化剂的抗SO2性能,但较长时间仍然失活.以N2吸附、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱以及热重分析(TGA)等手段对中毒催化剂进行分析.在SO2存在下,催化剂中毒归因于两个方面:一是覆盖于催化剂表面的铵盐类物质,二是SO2与催化剂中的金属氧化物反应生成的金属硫酸盐及亚硫酸盐.在中毒催化剂中硫元素主要以金属硫酸盐及亚硫酸盐的形式存在,其在中毒的MnOx-CeOx/ACF、Fe-MnOx-CeOx/ACF、Cu-MnOx-CeOx/ACF和V-MnOx-CeOx/ACF催化剂中所占比例分别为70.4%、68.9%、86.3%和71.4%(w).进一步揭示了MnOx-CeOx/ACF催化剂在低温SCR条件下的SO2中毒机理.     

钯催化气相氧化羰基化合成碳酸二甲酯

通过催化剂反应性能和反应前后XPS谱图对比，分析了负载型钯催化剂在甲醇气相氧化羰基化合成碳酸二甲酯过程中的失活原因，研究了HCl在维持催化剂活性及失活催化剂再生中的作用．结果表明，氯离子的流失是负载型钯碳催化剂失活的主要原因．由于氯离子的流失，对于PdCl2／AC催化剂，钯很容易从二价变为零价：对于PdCl2-CuCl2／AC催化剂，CuCl2发生变化，失去使钯保持二价氯化物状态的功能．在反应过程中补充HCl可以延长催化剂的寿命，也可以利用HCl对失活催化剂进行再生，但采用HCl不能从根本上解决催化剂失活的问题．     

Study on Deactivation of Co/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalyst For Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

A Co/ZrO₂ /SiO₂ catalyst active for synthesis of heavy hydrocarbons from syngas was subjected to a stability test of 500 h on a laboratory scale. The catalyst showed a considerable decrease in CO conversion, while the hydrocarbon distribution hardly changed with time on stream. The regeneration of deactivated catalyst with H₂ at 673 K partially restored the activity. XRD, FT-IR and TGA identified a hydrated cobalt silicate species in the catalyst near the reactor outlet. Thus, the cause of deactivation was proposed mainly to be the formation of inactive hydrated silicate between Co metal and silica in presence of high partial pressure of water.     

纳米金催化剂的存放失活

 采用共沉淀法制备了2.5%Au/ZnO催化剂,并用扫描隧道显微镜、 X射线衍射、 X射线光电子能谱和热重研究了纳米金催化剂在空气中存放失活的机理. 结果表明,纳米金催化剂在空气中存放失活是部分可逆的. 纳米金催化剂的存放失活有两方面原因: 一是纳米金粒子的长大,导致不可逆失活; 二是碳酸盐在催化剂表面的累积,这种失活可以通过高温焙烧来恢复,是可逆的.     

Explicit water molecular dynamics study of the mobility of halide ions in presence of ionene oligocations

We present explicit water molecular dynamics simulations of solutions of aliphatic 3,3- and 6,6-ionene oligocations neutralized with (i) fluoride, chloride, bromide, or iodide counterions, respectively, or (ii) with a 1:1 mixture of chloride and bromide anions in presence of a low molecular weight salt at 298 K. The SPC/E model was used to describe water molecules. Results of the simulation are presented in form of the pair distribution functions between various atoms on the ionene oligoion and counterions in solution. In addition, we were interested in the dynamics of counterions around model ionenes. We showed that counterions residing in the vicinity of the oligoion exchange rapidly with those in the bulk solution, with the frequency depending on the nature of the counterion and on the charge density of the oligoion. We calculated the average residence times of the various counterion species to the oligoions and proposed the model which divides the counterions into "free" and "bound" and calculated the fraction of "free" counterions. In the second part of the study, we investigated interaction of the sodium chloride and sodium bromide, being simultaneously present in the solution, with differently charged ionenes in water. The selectivity effect was clearly observed: bromide ions tend to replace chloride ions in the immediate vicinity of the ionene oligoions. Simulation results are discussed in light of our recent measurements of thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous ionene solutions.     

Computational study-led organocatalyst design: a novel, highly active urea-based catalyst for addition reactions to epoxides

An in silico study examined the stabilities of hydrogen-bonded complexes between simple thiourea catalysts and three different electrophiles and identified a novel, highly active N-tosyl urea catalyst for the promotion of addition reactions to epoxide electrophiles. Synthesis and evaluation of 6 revealed it to be a powerful catalyst for the addition of 1,2-dimethylindole to styrene oxide under conditions in which simple N,N-bis-aryl ureas and thioureas (including 1) are inactive. Subsequent studies determined 6 to be compatible with a range of indole and epoxide substrates (including (E)-stilbene oxide) and found that relatively poor nucleophiles such as sterically and electronically deactivated anilines, thiophenol, and benzyl alcohol could be efficiently and regioselectively added to oxiranes under mild conditions.     

Chiral nanoporous metal-metallosalen frameworks for hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides

Chiral nanoporous metal-organic frameworks are constructed by using dicarboxyl-functionalized chiral Ni(salen) and Co(salen) ligands. The Co(salen)-based framework is shown to be an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic epoxides with up to 99.5% ee. The MOF structure brings Co(salen) units into a highly dense arrangement and close proximity that enhances bimetallic cooperative interactions, leading to improved catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in HKR compared with its homogeneous analogues, especially at low catalyst/substrate ratios.     

Enhanced methane decomposition over transition metal-based tri-metallic catalysts for the production of COx free hydrogen

In this study, COx-free hydrogen production via methane decomposition was studied over Cu–Zn-promoted tri-metallic Ni–Co–Al catalysts. The catalysts have been prepared by the constant pH co-precipitation method, and the nominal Ni metal loading was fixed at 50 wt % along with other metals at 10 wt% each. The catalyst activity for methane decomposition reaction was examined in a reactor between 400 °C and 700 °C and at atmospheric pressure. Different techniques such as N₂-physisorption, X-ray diffraction, H₂-TPR SEM, TEM, ICP-MS, TGA, and Raman spectroscopy were applied to characterize the catalysts. The relation between the catalyst composition and their catalytic activity has been investigated. The controlled synthesis has resulted in a series of catalysts with a high surface area. Ni–Co–Cu–Zn–Al was the most active and productive catalyst. Various characterizations indicate that the promotional effects of Cu–Zn interaction were the critical factor in catalysts' activity and stability. Ni–Co–Cu–Zn catalyst gave the highest methane conversion of 85% at 700 °C. Zn addition improves the stability of the catalyst by retaining the active metal size during the decomposition reaction. The catalyst was active for 80 h of stability study. The rapid deactivation of the Ni–Co catalyst was due to the sintering of the catalyst at 650 °C. Moreover, carbon species accumulated during the methane decomposition reaction depend on the catalysts' composition. Zn promotes the growth of reasonably long and thin carbon nanotubes, whereas the diameter of carbon nanotubes on unpromoted catalysts was large.     

加压条件下MgO/BaCO_3催化剂上甲烷氧化偶联反应性能及失活 Ⅰ.压力对催化剂表面结构的影响

考察了ＭｇＯ／ＢａＣＯ３催化剂上加压条件下甲烷氧化偶联反应的性能．结果表明，加压下甲烷转化率及Ｃ２选择性都明显下降，且当压力再恢复至常压后，其性能仍不能恢复，说明催化剂已经失活．ＸＲＤ谱表明，加压失活催化剂表面有部分ＭｇＣＯ３生成．但是，活性相ＭｇＯ部分碳酸化转变为ＭｇＣＯ３不是导致催化剂失活的主要原因，因为ＭｇＣＯ３的分解温度远低于反应温度，常压下其性能应当恢复．ＳＥＭ结果表明，加压失活催化剂的颗粒增大．ＸＰＳ表征结果表明，加压失活催化剂中的ＢａＣＯ３向表面富积，致使催化剂表面活性相ＭｇＯ的浓度和催化剂比表面积降低．根据以上结果可以认为，催化剂中的ＢａＣＯ３向表面富积的过程中会部分覆盖活性相ＭｇＯ，从而会使催化剂中ＭｇＯ与ＢａＣＯ３之间的协同作用遭到破坏，导致催化剂失活．     

Deactivation and oxidative regeneration of last-generation catalysts for deep hydrofining of diesel fuel: Comparison of properties of fresh and deactivated IK-GO-1 catalysts

Deactivation of IK-GO-1 industrial catalyst was studied under model conditions on a laboratory installation. The chemical composition, morphology of active component particles, texture characteristics, and catalytic properties of the fresh and deactivated samples were compared. A catalyst sample whose deactivation under model conditions adequately simulates industrial deactivation and which is therefore suitable for developing industrial regeneration procedure was prepared.