Chiral bicyclic imidazolium salts as a new class of N-heterocyclic carbene precursors

A N(1)-C(5) bridged chiral bicyclic imidazole with a morpholine framework was synthesized from an enantiopure 2-amino alcohol. The resultant imidazole reacted with various electrophiles, including primary and secondary alkyl halides, benzyne, and an electron-deficient aryl halide, to give the corresponding imidazolium salts. Some of the imidazolium salts were found to have potential as the precursor of a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst; by the direct annulation of an enal and a ketone through the intermediacy of a homoenolate and an activated carboxylate, the target lactone was obtained in an enantiomerically enriched form (up to 66% ee).     

Dimerization of Acetylene to Monovinylacetylene (MVA) by Bimetallic Zr/Cu Catalyst in Nieuwland Catalytic System

Nieuwland catalyst is a key step in the dimerization of acetylene. Various zirconium metal additives incorporating Nieuwland catalysts were prepared, and their catalytic performances were assessed in acetylene dimerization. Different characterization techniques (i.e., thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed reduction, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, hydrogen ion concentration measurement and transmission electron microscopy) were employed in this study. The best catalytic performance was obtained over zirconium-acetylacetonate-incorporated Nieuwland catalysts, with an acetylene conversion of 53.3% and a monovinylacetylene selectivity of 87.4%. Based on these results, the zirconium acetylacetonate additive could reduce the types of transition state complexes, and it could also change the morphology of the catalyst. In addition, the additives could significantly inhibit the occurrence of trimerization products and polymers. Hence, the conversion of acetylene, monovinylacetylene selectivity, and stability of the Nieuwland catalysts were enhanced.     

载体对负载PdO催化剂的CO氧化活性的影响

由于催化燃烧比传统的热力燃烧法有反应温度低和能量消耗低的优点，因而广泛用于挥发性有机物和CO的消除．把和铂是最常用的催化剂，但是载体对催化性能的影响很大【‘’‘］．本文制备了系列负载把催化剂，发现载体的性质对催化剂的CO氧化活性影响很大．本文所用载体为CeO。，TIO。，SnO。，AI。O。，ZAI。，ZSM－5和SIO。催化剂制备采用浸渍法，把负载量为5％（质量分数）．催化剂经120C烘干后，于650’C空气气氛焙烧4h制成．在常压固定床流动反应装置上考察催化剂的CO氧化活性，反应气组成为CO2．4％，O。1．2％，N。96．4…     

镍基甲烷化催化剂中的助剂作用 Ⅱ重稀土氧化物添加剂的结构效应和电子效应

应用ＢＥＴ、气相色谱、红外光谱、竞争加氢反应和ＸＰＳ等方法,在以前工作的基础上继续考察了Ｙ２Ｏ３、Ｓｍ２Ｏ３、Ｅｕ２Ｏ３、Ｇｄ２Ｏ３、Ｔｂ４Ｏ７、Ｄｙ２Ｏ３、Ｅｒ２Ｏ３、Ｔｍ２Ｏ３、Ｙｂ２Ｏ３作为添加剂,对镍在γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３表面的分散度、甲烷化活性、ＣＯ在镍上的吸附态及表面镍原子的电子状态的影响．结果表明,稀土氧化物添加剂不仅明显地提高了金属镍的分散度和甲烷化活性,还直接地影响表面镍原子的电子状态．对不同稀土氧化物,这些效应各异．作者认为,利用稀土氧化物添加剂调节表面镍原子的电子状态,可能成为改进甲烷化催化剂活性的一个有效途径．     

Studies on the Synthesis of Ethylene Copolymers and Their Properties

The copolymerization of ethylene and 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) catalyzed by metallocene catalysts system is reported in this paper. The catalysts include Et(Ind)₂ ZrCl₂/MAO and Cp₂ZrCl₂/MAO. The resulting copolymer contains an ethylidene group which can be readily converted to a hydroxyl group by hydrogen borane. Then the hydroxyl group in turn can be utilized for grafting with ?-caprolactone. The dependence of the graft weight percentage on the reaction time was also studied. The graft copolymer is a compatibilizer for various polyethylene blends with engineering plastics. A functional polyethylene can be easily synthesized by the copolymerization of ethylene and 9-decen-l-ol using a homogeneous catalytic system of El(Ind)₂ZrCl₂/MAO. The resulting functional polyethylene was characterized by NMR, DSC, IR and TGA; and can also be utilized for grafting with ?-caprolactone. The grafted copolymer is also an effective compatibilizer.     

A theoretical study of the dehydration and the dehydrogenation processes of alcohols on metal oxides using MOPAC

Using a semi-empirical molecular orbital method, PM3, and 2-propanol as an example, the dehydration and the dehydrogenation processes of alcohol on oxide catalysts were studied. The catalysts addressed here were four kinds of oxides (Al₂O₃, SiO₂, ZnO, CdO) whose reaction selectivities had been experimentally determined. The usual models consisting of a surface metal ion, several oxide ions and an isopropoxy group were used in calculations. For the dehydration, heats of formation of the models were calculated at each point of the process where the distance between a β-hydrogen of the group and a basic site (i.e. oxygen of the group or a surface oxide ion) or a metal ion was gradually shortened, or where the length of the C–O bond of the group was gradually increased. A reasonable dehydration mechanism was estimated by comparing activation energies calculated from the transitions of the heats of formation. The most probable dehydrogenation mechanism was also estimated in a similar way by gradually making an -hydrogen close to a surface oxide ion, the metal ion or a surface proton. It was concluded that the dehydration proceeds by scission of the C–O bond of the group after its oxygen was attacked by some electrophile on the surface and that the dehydrogenation proceeds by a mechanism in which an -hydrogen of the group was extracted by the metal ion.

Based on the dehydration mechanism thus deduced, alkoxy groups generated by adsorption of the primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols on SiO₂ were calculated in order to estimate the activation energies of their decompositions. In result, the order of the energies was found to be in good agreement with that of the decomposition rates experimentally determined by Kitahara. This agreement gives support to the validity of the mechanism deduced for the dehydration of alcohol.     

In-situ UV-Raman study on soot combustion over TiO_2 or ZrO_2-supported vanadium oxide catalysts

UV-Raman spectroscopy was used to study the molecular structures of TiO2 or ZrO2-supported vana-dium oxide catalysts.The real time reaction status of soot combustion over these catalysts was de-tected by in-situ UV-Raman spectroscopy.The results indicate that TiO2 undergoes a crystalline phase transformation from anatase to rutile phase with the increasing of reaction temperature.However,no obvious phase transformation process is observed for ZrO2 support.The structures of supported va-nadium oxides also depend on the V loading.The vanadium oxide species supported on TiO2 or ZrO2 attain monolayer saturation when V loading is equal to 4(4 is the number of V atoms per 100 support metal ions).Interestingly,this loading ratio(V4/TiO2 and V4/ZrO2) gave the best catalytic activities for soot combustion reaction on both supports(TiO2 and ZrO2).The formation of surface oxygen com-plexes(SOC) is verified by in-situ UV Raman spectroscopy and the SOC mainly exist as carboxyl groups during soot combustion.The presence of NO in the reaction gas stream can promote the pro-duction of SOC.     

Highly efficient heterogeneous procedure for the synthesis of fructone fragrancy

A novel heterogeneous strong acid catalyst was synthesized through the copolymerization of p-toluenesulfonic acid and paraformaldehyde and utilized for the synthesis of fructone. The results showed that the catalyst was very efficient for the reaction with the yield over 95%. The advantages of extremely high density of acidity, high thermal and chemical stability, low cost for the simple synthetic procedure, and reusability made the catalyst one of the best choices for the reaction.     

分子筛改性对一步法合成二甲醚的影响

采用浸渍法制备了MgO、CaO、ZnO改性的HZSM 5分子筛,并以改性HZSM 5为脱水剂与JC207甲醇合成催化剂组成双功能催化剂,在固定床反应器上考察了其对一步法合成二甲醚影响。结果表明,适量碱性氧化物的引入,引起分子筛表面的B酸中心（强酸中心）向L酸中心（弱酸中心）转变,而弱酸和中强酸中心是甲醇脱水生成二甲醚的活性中心,强酸中心会造成二甲醚进一步脱水生成烃类副产品,所以改性后产物中二氧化碳和烃类的选择性下降,二甲醚选择性升高。这种趋势在CaO/HZSM 5脱水剂上表现的更为明显。     

原位担载Fe_2S_3催化剂煤的热解动力学研究

用加压热天平研究了原位担载纳米级Fe2 S3 催化剂的大柳塔次烟煤的加氢热解动力学 ,考查了 2 0MPa氢气氛或氮气氛下原煤及担载催化剂的煤热解失重过程 ,计算了活化能E和指前因子A等热解动力学参数。结果表明 ,煤原位担载Fe2 S3 催化剂后热失重速率比原煤有较大程度的增加 ,最大热解速率的特征温度也比原煤降低。特别是煤在表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵溶液中担载Fe2 S3 催化剂后的热解反应速率高于水溶液中担载同样催化剂的热解反应速度。原位担载Fe2 S3 的煤及原煤的热解反应过程符合一级反应动力学。