Bifunctional copper catalysts for an atom efficient ether synthesis

A direct etherification of aromatic ketones and aliphatic alcohols into the corresponding asymmetrical ethers by the use of a bifunctional heterogeneous copper catalyst is described. The reaction protocol reveals to be versatile and convenient respect to the traditional ether synthesis for both environmental and practical concerns.     

Selectivity engineered phase transfer catalysis in the synthesis of fine chemicals: reactions of p-chloronitrobenzene with sodium sulphide

Synthesis of chemicals from the same starting material wherein more than one step involving complex reactions are involved can be engineered to produce selectively the desired product by minimising both the by-product formation and separation stages. Several products of industrial importance can be produced from the same starting material by choosing proper conditions and nature and number of phases. The reduction of p-chloronitrobenzene with sodium sulphide was investigated in detail under different modes of phase transfer catalysis (PTC), such as liquid-liquid (L-L), liquid-solid (L-S reaction), and liquid-liquid-liquid (L-L-L) processes. This selectivity engineered PTC reaction has been investigated from mechanistic viewpoint and the rationale of selectivity is delineated.     

改性对β沸石表面酸性及丙烯水合醚化反应性能的影响

采用浸渍法和离子交换法，制备出一系列改性β沸石催化剂，考察了改性剂对β沸石表面酸性及丙烯水合醚化反应性能的影响。结果表明：硼、锌、铝改性可以提高β沸石的L酸中心，磷、镧、铈改性后β沸石的B酸中心增加。催化剂的B酸和L酸中心与丙烯转化率和异丙醚选择性之间存在着一定的对应关系：B酸量增加有利于提高丙烯转化率，L酸量增加有利于提高异丙醚的选择性。合适的B／L酸比例是催化剂同时具有高活性和高异丙醚选择性的关键。     

浆态床反应器中生物质合成气合成二甲醚的研究

进行了浆态床反应器中,甲醇合成催化剂与分子筛混合制复合催化剂上,生物质制取的合成气(简称生物质合成气)一步法合成二甲醚的研究,重点考察了不同脱水组分和工艺条件对催化剂反应性能的影响,同时,结合NH₃-TPD等手段对催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,含有较弱酸性SAPO-11分子筛的复合催化剂更适合生物质合成气原料气杂质多、氢碳比低的特点,在合成二甲醚反应中具有更高的选择性和稳定性。250℃、5 MPa、500 h^-1时,在甲醇催化剂与SAPO-11分子筛比例为3:1的复合催化剂上,合成气合成二甲醚反应35 h内,CO转化率稳定在40%以上,二甲醚在有机产品中的选择性保持在97%左右。     

A new catalyst for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas

A new catalyst has been prepared by coprecipitation sedimentation method developed in our laboratory. It exhibits excellent catalytic activity, selectivity and stability for conversion of synthesis gas to dimethyl ether: conversion of CO 92%, selectivity of dimethyl ether 98%. Catalytic properties of the catalyst show no evident change after being used for 100 h.     

Water compatible gold(III)-catalysed synthesis of unsymmetrical ethers from alcohols

An efficient and broad-scoped method for the preparation of unsymmetrical ethers from alcohols catalysed by the simplest and least expensive gold catalyst, NaAuCl(4), is described for the first time. The procedure enables the etherification of benzylic and tertiary alcohols with moderate to good yields under mild conditions with low catalyst loading. Symmetrical ethers, the usual side products in the etherification of alcohols, were not detected in this case. The formation of the racemic ether from a chiral benzyl alcohol suggests the intermediacy of a carbocation, which has not previously been postulated for gold-catalysed reactions involving alcohols.     

Factors influencing EB curing of epoxy matrix

The effectiveness of electron beam (EB) curing of epoxy resins was found to be influenced by catalyst. In the presence of iodonium salt (diaryl iodonium hexafluoroantimonate, C3), the EB curing of epoxy resin is easier than in the presence of triaryl sulfonium hexafluoroantimonate (C1), or triaryl sulfonium hexafluorophosphate (C2), or iron arene containing cationic catalyst (Irgacure 261). The epoxy 616 (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) and 648 (diglycidyl ether of phenolic novolacs) can be cured by the above onium salts catalysts C1–C3. The epoxy with glycidyl amino epoxide group (such as AG 80; AFG 90) could not be cured by onium salts catalyst. The influence of irradiation dose, temperature and the effect of impurities on curing reaction were investigated.     

一步法合成二甲醚整体式催化剂的制备及反应性能研究

以蜂窝陶瓷为载体、γ-Al₂O₃为惰性涂层、C301/HZSM-5为活性组分制备出一种整体式合成二甲醚催化剂。BET、XRD和SEM分析结果表明,活性组分均匀负载在载体表面上,催化剂具有良好的结构和织构特点。在固定床反应器中考察了整体式催化剂上CO加氢一步法合成二甲醚的反应性能,并与C301/HZSM-5颗粒（粉末）催化剂进行了比较。在温度260℃、压力4.0MPa、合成气空速1500mL/(g·h)的条件下,整体式催化剂上CO转化率达到79.62%,二甲醚选择性为70.58%,分别比C301/HZSM-5颗粒催化剂高出7.78%和9.44%。100h的稳定性实验结果表明,整体式催化剂可以保持较高的活性和选择性,而颗粒状催化剂的活性有明显的下降。
     

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of key intermediates for triazole antifungal agents

[reaction: see text] A short-step synthesis of versatile chiral building blocks for triazole antifungal agents such as ZD0870 and Sch45450 was developed via catalytic enantioselective cyanosilylation of electron-deficient ketones as the key step. High enantioselectivity was produced using a catalyst prepared from Gd(HMDS)(3) and ligand 5 in a 2:3 ratio. This new catalyst preparation method was superior to the previous method using Gd(O(i)Pr)(3) as a metal source. A rationale for the difference is proposed on the basis of structural studies of the catalyst complexes using ESI-MS.     

Catalytic properties of the gallophosphate cloverite II. Gas-phase formation of ethyl-tert. -butyl ether

The catalytic gas phase etherification of isobutene by ethanol over the gallophosphate molecular sieve cloverite was studied within the temperature range 345–405 K, and at molar ratios of isobutene to ethanol from 0.5 to 2. A maximum ethanol conversion of 20% is achievable at temperatures of 365–375 K and at a space velocity (WHSV) of 4.9 h⁻¹, with a selectivity higher than 90% for the primary product ethyl-tert. -butyl ether. It is shown for the first time, that an additional etherification of di-isobutene oligomers (2,4,4-trimethyl-pent-1-ene and 2,4,4-trimethyl-pent-2-ene) takes place by ethanol leading to 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-ethoxy-pentane. This reaction is not relevant for medium pore zeolites but can obviously proceed on cloverite owing to its large cavity size. It is further shown that cloverite after in situ template removal at 685 K still contains fluoride (which is an imperative ingredient of the synthesis recipe) that intensifies the acid properties thus promoting the etherification reaction at low reaction temperatures.     

聚乙二醇相转移催化羧酸酯的合成

聚乙二醇相转移催化羧酸酯的合成谢筱娟，杨高升，杨富国，宋雪清（安徽师范大学化学系芜湖２４１０００）关键词聚乙二醇，相转移催化，酰化反应，羧酸酯通常羧酸酯的制备是利用醇与羧酸、酰氯或酸酐反应，但这个方法对有立体位阻的醇不太适宜［１］，为此，为寻找好的方...     

InCl(3)-catalyzed domino reaction of aromatic amines with cyclic enol ethers in water: a highly efficient synthesis of new 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives

The tetrahydroquinoline moiety is a structural feature of many natural products. By using a domino reaction of aromatic amines and cyclic enol ethers or 2-hydroxy cyclic ether catalyzed by indium chloride in water, various tetrahydroquinoline derivatives were synthesized efficiently. Most cyclization products showed cis selectivity. The use of 2,3-dihydrofuran as the cyclic enol ether provided both higher reactivity and cis selectivity than the use of 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran. The cis selectivity was tentatively rationalized due to chelation control in water.     

DSC study of cure kinetics of DGEBA-based epoxy resin with poly(oxypropylene) diamine

Summary A kinetic study of cure kinetics of epoxy resin based on a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), with poly(oxypropylene) diamine (Jeffamine D230) as a curing agent, was performed by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Isothermal and dynamic DSC characterizations of stoichiometric and sub-stoichiometric mixtures were performed. The kinetics of cure was described successfully by empirical models in wide temperature range. System with sub-stoichiometric content of amine showed evidence of two separate reactions, second of which was presumed to be etherification reaction. Catalytic influence of hydroxyl groups formed by epoxy-amine addition was determined.     

焙烧温度对K改性Ag-Fe/ZnO-ZrO2催化剂结构和CO加氢合成低碳混合醇醚性能的影响

采用并流共沉淀法在不同焙烧温度下制备K改性Ag-Fe/ZnO-ZrO₂催化剂,考察不同焙烧温度对催化剂CO加氢合成低碳混合醇醚反应性能的影响。通过N₂物理吸附(N₂-adsorption)、X射线衍射(XRD)、氢气程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)、一氧化碳程序升温脱附(CO-TPD)等手段对催化剂进行表征。结果表明,250 ℃焙烧的催化剂,由于焙烧温度较低,表面尚未形成足够多的活性位,未能达到最佳的催化性能;300 ℃焙烧的催化剂,其CO转化率最高、醇醚选择性较高,醇醚时空产率达到最大值。随着焙烧温度进一步升高,CO转化率逐渐降低,醇选择性先降低后增大,二甲醚(DME)选择性逐渐增大,醇醚时空产率逐渐降低。催化剂性能主要与其比表面积、还原性能、所含银铁复合物分散度及CO吸脱附性能有关,即比表面积较大、易于被还原、银铁复合物分散度较高以及较多的CO吸脱附活性位,有利于催化剂CO加氢转化。催化剂表面活性位对CO的非解离吸附强度降低,有利于醇醚产物的生成;而对CO的解离吸附强度增强,则不利于烃类产物的生成。     

An analysis of the substitution effects involved in diepoxide-diamine copolymerization reactions

The relative reactivity of the functional groups present in aromatic amine and diepoxide monomers has been investigated by gel permeation chromatography. The ratio of rate constants for the consumption of the secondary and primary amine hydrogens involved in the reaction between aniline and phenyl glycidyl ether has been calculated to equal approximately 0.5. In the case of the reaction between N-methy aniline and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) the rate constant ratio for the consumption of the first and second epoxide groups in the DGEBA molecule is also approximately 0.5. In contradiction to previously published data these results suggest that substitution effects are unimportant for aromatic amines as well as DGEBA. Furthermore, etherification side reactions, consuming epoxide groups at the expense of the amine–epoxide reaction, also appear to be insignificant.     

负载型磷钨酸催化剂的制备及催化合成ＥＴＢＥ的性能研究

采用水热法合成纯硅介孔分子筛Si-MCM-41, 并用浸渍法将磷钨酸(PWA)负载到介孔分子筛Si-MCM-41上, 制得了磷钨酸负载量不同的催化剂x%PWA/MCM-41. 利用XRD, FT-IR, Py-IR, BET, TEM对载体和催化剂进行分析. 结果表明, 负载后的PWA颗粒粒径明显减小, 粒径约为10个纳米, PWA在载体表面实现了均匀分布, 通过叔丁醇和乙醇在高压反应釜内生成乙基叔丁基醚的反应测试催化剂的催化性能. 结果表明, 负载型催化剂和纯PWA相比, 前者使叔丁醇(TBA)的转化率、ETBE的选择性有很大提高, 当磷钨酸负载量为30%时TBA的转化率最大. 最优的催化剂制备及反应条件是: 载体550 ℃煅烧脱模, PWA负载量为30%, 催化剂煅烧温度为300 ℃, 醚化反应温度为120 ℃, 乙醇与叔丁醇的摩尔比为2∶ 1, 催化剂的用量为1.4 g.     

Didecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB): a universal, robust, and highly potent phase-transfer catalyst for diverse organic transformations

Didecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) has been scrutinized in comparison with traditional phase-transfer catalysts in variety of liquid-liquid reactions. It was found to be an exceptionally comprehensive, durable, and highly efficient phase-transfer catalyst (PTC) in a number of representative organic transformations such as C- and N-alkylations, isomerization, esterification, elimination, cyanation, bromination, and oxidation under very mild conditions of temperature and mixing. It was confirmed that DDAB is an exceedingly accessible and concurrently a highly liphophilic phase-transfer catalyst. This unprecedented characteristic renders DDAB to be a multipurpose catalyst that functions effectively both in mass transfer controlled and chemically controlled phase-transfer reactions.     

Comprehensive study of nanostructured supports with high surface area for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

An extensive study of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on nanostructure supports with high surface area such as nanostructure γ-alumina, single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), and the hybrid of SWNTs/nanostructure γ-alumina has been investigated. The nanostructure γ-alumina was promoted with lanthanum to obtain better performance of catalyst and 15 wt% cobalt loading was the basis of our investigation. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis was performed in a fixed bed reactor under different reaction conditions (220–240 °C, 15–25 bar, H₂/CO ratio of 2, GHSV of 900–1400) in order to study the effects of temperature, pressure and gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) changes on hydrocarbon selectivity and catalyst activity. The catalysts were extensively characterized by different methods including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), hydrogen (H₂) chemisorption and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR). The results showed that the yield of hybrid supported catalyst (55.4%) is higher than that of nanostructure γ-alumina supported catalyst (55.0%) and lower than that of SWNTs supported cobalt catalyst (71.0%). The hybrid supported catalyst showed higher reduction degree and dispersion of cobalt particles. The temperature, pressure and GHSV effects on hybrid supported catalyst were studied and results showed that higher pressure favors the chain growth and temperature increase leads to the increases in methane selectivity and CO conversion. Higher hydrocarbon selectivity and CO conversion showed positive relationship with increasing GHSV while lower hydrocarbon selectivity diminishes.     

Simulation and model design of pipe-shell reactor for the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas

The simulation was made based on the model of pipe-shell reactor that was established by the model of global kinetics of synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas over a bifunctional catalyst. The results of simulation showed that the selectivity for dimethyl ether （DME） and the conversion of CO were higher but the hot spot was kept below the temperature limit of the pipe-shell reactor. The suitable diameter of the pipe was φ38×2 mm, and the length of the pipe was 5.8 m. The optimal process conditions of the reactor were that the pressure was 5 MPa, the temperature of the cooling water was 240 ℃, and the temperature of the raw gas at inlet of the reactor was 220 ℃. The production of this reactor was 102800 t/y （ton per year） under these conditions.     

Novel synthesis of photocrosslinkable polymers

A new preparative route to photocrosslinkable polymers in which the polymers are produced directly from the polymerization of vinyl monomers having photocrosslinkable groups has been investigated. The photosensitive resins thus produced have higher sensitivity and resolution than conventional photosensitive resins. The monomers were synthesized from the esterification of vinylphenols or vinyl β-chloroethyl ether with cinnamic acid, β-styrylacrylic acid, and their homologs, and from the etherification of vinyl β-chloroethyl ether with hydroxychalcones. Homopolymerizations of these monomers and their copolymerizations with other comonomers were investigated with the use of both radical and ionic initiators. It is shown that radical polymerization of the monomers gave soluble polymers only at low conversion. Anionic initiators did not initiate polymerization. Cationic polymerization imparted soluble polymers in high yield, except for the monomers bearing cyano groups, which generally gave insoluble polymers. Infrared and NMR spectroscopic investigation of the cationically obtained soluble polymers and comparative investigation by cationic polymerization of model compounds indicated that polymerization of the monomers proceeds through the vinyl double bond without affecting the photosensitive unsaturated bond. Thus, linear photocrosslinkable polymers with an intact photoreactive group may be produced by cationic polymerization. In general, these polymers have uniform structure and modifiable physical properties depending on the monomer used. The polymer thus obtained from β-vinyloxyethyl cinnamate has been shown to have excellent properties for use as a photo-resist.