Influence of surface polymeric oxide species on the product distribution in the aromatization of isophorone on alumina supported vanadia and molybdena catalysts

Polymeric oxide species possessing high Brönsted acidity formed on V₂O₅/Al₂O₃ and MoO₃/Al₂O₃ are found to be responsible for the transformation of isophorone to isoxylitones. Improved selectivity to 3,5-xylenol, with the addition of K₂O as promoter substantiates this observation.CT Communication No. 3077     

Surface acidity in promoted molybdena and tungsta hydrodesulphurisation catalysts

Acidity of Ni- and Co-promoted molybdena and tungsta hydrodesulphurisation (HDS) catalysts have been determined by volumetric adsorption of ammonia. A direct correlation between the adsorption of ammonia, and hence the acidity, and the HDS activity could be observed for reduced catalysts A relation between ammonia adsorption and anion vacancy concentration is thus indicated, as the latter is related to HDS activity. Contrary to unpromoted molybdena there is a decrease in acidity on sulphidation of Ni-promoted molybdena catalyst. This decrease is attributed to the influence of, Ni in suppressing the formation of anion vacancies by catalysing the crystallisation of MoS₂. Promoted tungsta catalysts were found to have lower acidities as compared to promoted molybdena catalysts, which is consistent with their lower desulphurisation activity.     

Surface acidity of supported vanadia catalysts

The surface acidity of SiO₂, γ-Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ supported vanadia catalysts has been studied by the microcalorimetry and infrared spectroscopy using ammonia as the probe molecule. The acidity in terms of nature, number and strength was correlated with surface structures of vanadia species in the catalysts, characterized by X-ray diffraction and UV-Vis spectroscopy. It was found that the dispersion and surface structure of vanadia species depend on the nature of supports and loading and affect strongly the surface acidity. On SiO₂, vanadium species is usually in the form of polycrystalline V₂O₅ even for the catalyst with low loading (3%) and these V₂O₅ crystallites exhibit similar amount of Brönsted and Lewis acid sites. The 25%V₂O₅/SiO₂ catalyst possesses substantial amount of V₂O₅ crystallites on the surface with the initial heat of 105 kJ mol^-1 and coverage of about 600 mmol g^-1 for ammonia adsorption. Vanadia can be well dispersed on g-Al₂O₃and TiO₂ to form isolated tetrahedral species and polymeric two-dimensional network. Addition of vanadia on γ-Al₂O₃ results in the change of acidity from that associated with g-Al₂O₃ (mainly Lewis sites) to that associated with vanadia (mainly Brönsted sites) and leads to the decreased acid strength. The 3%V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst may have the vanadia structure of incomplete polymeric two-dimensional network that possesses the Ti-O-V-OH groups at edges showing strong Brönsted acidity with the initial heat of about 140 kJ mol^-1 for ammonia adsorption. On the other hand, the 10%V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst may have well defined polymeric two-dimensional vanadia network, possessing V-O-V-OH groups that exhibit rather weak Brönsted acidity with the heat of 90 kJ mol^-1 for NH₃ adsorption. V₂O₅ crystallites are formed on the 25%V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst, which exhibit the acid properties similar to those for 25%V₂O₅ on SiO₂ and γ-Al₂O₃.     

Performance of palladium-containing supported catalysts in the oxidation of 1-butene

Performance of palladium-containing supported catalysts in the oxidation of 1-butene was investigated in a fixed-bed flow microreactor. The Pd-Fe-HCl/Ti-Al catalyst is the best among the five Pd-Fe-HCl/X (A= SiO₂,γ -Al₂O₃, Al-Ti, TiO₂, MCM-22) catalysts for the oxidation of 1-butene to butanone. It is interesting that high propionic acid selectivity can be obtained when V and H₂SO₄ are added to the palladium-containing supported catalysts. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Calorimetric study of methane interaction with supported Pd catalysts

As supported palladium oxide catalysts present the best performances in methane combustion in lean conditions, microcalorimetric studies of the interaction between methane and palladium oxide or metallic palladium supported on Al₂O₃, ZrO₂ and BN have been performed at 673 K. At this temperature methane reduced the palladium oxide, and the heat of reduction of palladium oxide was shown to depend on the dispersion and on the support. The lowest heats of reduction corresponded to the highest rates of methane combustion. Moreover methane reforming occurred on metallic palladium, producing hydrogen, and again methane decomposition was shown to depend on the support. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Dehydrogenation of isobutane in the presence of carbon dioxide over supported vanadium oxide catalysts

Summary The dehydrogenation of isobutane to isobutene in the presence of carbon dioxide was carried out over supported vanadium oxide catalysts. The influence of the support on the catalytic performance was investigated. The isobutane conversion and isobutene selectivity in the presence of carbon dioxide were compared with the results obtained during the dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of helium (inert gas). The catalysts were characterized by temperature-programmed techniques (TPR, TPD-NH₃, TPD-CO₂).     

Interfacial impregnation chemistry in the synthesis of nickel catalysts supported on titania

The interfacial chemistry of the impregnation step involved in the preparation of nickel catalysts supported on titania is presented. Several methodologies based on deposition data, pH measurements, potentiometric mass titrations, and microelectrophoresis have been used in conjunction with diffuse reflectance UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy, simulations, and semiempirical quantum chemical calculations. Three mononuclear inner-sphere complexes were formed at the compact layer of the "titania/electrolyte solution" interface: A monosubstituted, dihydrolyzed complex above a terminal oxo group, a disubstituted, dihydrolyzed complex above two terminal adjacent oxo groups, and a disubstituted, nonhydrolyzed complex above one terminal and one bridging adjacent oxo groups. The monosubstituted, dihydrolyzed complex predominates. The contribution of the disubstituted configurations is also important at very low Ni(II) surface concentration, but it decreases as the Ni(II) surface concentration increases. In addition, bi- and trinuclear inner-sphere complexes were formed. The receptor site involves one bridging and two terminal oxo groups in the first case and two bridging and three terminal oxo groups in the second case. The relative surface concentrations of these configurations increase initially with Ni(II) surface concentration and then remain practically constant. The understanding of these interfacial processes at a molecular level is very important to shift the catalytic synthesis from an art to a science as well as to obtain strict control of the impregnation step and, to some extent, of the whole preparative sequence. This study is very relevant to the synthesis of submonolayer/monolayer nickel catalysts supported on TiO(2) following equilibrium deposition filtration (otherwise called equilibrium adsorption).     

Hydrogenation of ethyl acetate over supported rhenium catalysts

Re/Sibunite is a more active and selective catalyst for hydrogenation of ethyl acetate to ethanol under elevated temperatures and hydrogen pressures than Re/θ-Al₂O₃ and Re/γ-Al₂O₃. The activity of the catalyst is increased on replacing NH₄ReO₄ with HReO₄ and treatment of the support with a 13% solution of HNO₃. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1006–1008, May, 1999.     

负载型三氧化钼催化剂表面结构和表面酸位的激光Raman光谱研究

测定了MoO3/γ-Al2O3、MoO3/TiO2、MoO3/SiO2的激光Raman谱. 通过MoO3/γ-Al2O3、MoO3/TiO2在吡啶吸附前后、氨水提取前后的谱图对比说明, 单层分散的MoO3, 即特征峰为～950cm^-^1的"二维聚钼酸"中钼的配位状态不是单一的,其中一种表面含钼物种(Mo-1)不吸附吡啶, 不溶于氨水, 不显示较强的表面酸性; 另一种表面含钼物种(Mo-2)可吸附吡啶, 溶于氨水, 与催化剂的表面酸位密切相关. 我们认为Mo-1为四面体配位的钼; Mo-2为八面体配位的钼. MoO3/SiO2中的MoO3能100%被氨水溶去, 其酸位数与表面Mo^6^+数之比接近1, 是由其中Mo-2的比例较高, 载体与活性组分之间的相互作用较弱这两个因素所造成的。     

Catalytic decomposition of cyclohexanol over molybdena doped ceria catalysts

Summary Molybdena modified pure as well as sulfated ceria systems have been studied with a view to investigate their structure, surface acidic properties and catalytic behavior for cyclohexanol decomposition reaction. The characteristics of the modified systems were obtained from XRD measurements and acid structural properties from Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD) of ammonia.     

New architecture of supported metallocene catalysts for alkene polymerization

We report the synthesis of a supported metallocene catalyst that exhibits the same activity as a homogeneous catalyst for ethylene polymerization reactions. The key to this new catalytic system is a hybrid organic–inorganic polymer obtained by the cocondensation of an organotrialkoxysilane (OTAS; 40 mol %) with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS; 60 mol %). The particular organic group of OTAS enabled us to avoid gelation when the hydrolytic condensation was performed with a thermal cycle attaining 150 °C. The resulting product [soluble functionalized silica (SFS)] was a glass at room temperature that was soluble in several organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran and toluene. The ²⁹Si NMR spectrum of SFS showed that the OTAS units were fully condensed (T₃ species), whereas the TEOS units were mainly present as tricondensed (Q₃) and tetracondensed (Q₄) units. SFS was grafted onto activated silica through a reaction of silanol groups. The metallocene [(nBuCp)₂ZrCl₂] was covalently bonded to the SFS‐modified support. The polymerization of ethylene was carried out in toluene in the presence of methylaluminoxane. The activity of the supported catalyst was similar to that of the metallocene catalyst in solution. The simplest explanation accounting for this fact is that most of the metallocene was grafted to SFS species issuing from the surface of the support through a reaction with their silanol groups. This improved the accessibility of the monomer to the reaction sites. Specific interactions of the metallocene species with neighboring organic branches of SFS might also affect the catalytic activity. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 5480–5486, 2007     

Simultaneous N2O and NO reduction over carbon supported catalysts

The simultaneous reduction of N₂O+NO with carbon supported Ni/K catalysts was studied. High conversions of both compounds were obtained at 400°C, and a synergystic effect between Ni and K was observed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Dehydrogenation of methanol on low Cu and Re—Cu catalysts supported on sibunite

The activity and selectivity of mono- and bimetallic catalysts containing copper and rhenium on sibunite were studied in the decomposition of methanol to methyl formate (MF), water, H₂, CO, and CO₂at 200—400 °C. Methane is also formed on rhenium-containing catalysts at 300—400 °C. The dehydrogenating activity and selectivity to form MF are higher on the copper-sibunite catalysts than on the rhenium-sibunite samples. The introduction of 0.25% Re into the 4% copper-containing catalyst enhances its total activity and stability.     

不同活性炭负载的镍基催化剂上废塑料裂解制碳纳米管性能

以椰壳炭、竹炭和木炭三种活性炭为载体,采用浸渍法制备炭负载金属镍的催化剂,考察其在废塑料裂解制备碳纳米管过程中的催化反应性能;采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、透射电镜、拉曼光谱仪、同步热分析仪、比表面积分析仪等手段分析了催化剂和产物碳纳米管的形貌和结构。结果表明,椰壳活性炭为载体制备的镍基催化剂上碳纳米管产量最高、石墨化程度最好。以椰壳活性炭为载体制备的镍基催化剂为例,研究了反应温度和镍负载量对其催化性能的影响。     

Selective dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol on low-percentage supported bimetallic rhenium-containing catalysts

The activity and selectivity of mono-and bimetallic sibunite-supported Re-, Cu-, Ni-, and Pd-containing catalysts in dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol to acetone (T=200–275 °C,v=1.1h⁻¹) were studied. The bimetallic Re, Cu-, Re, Ni-, and Re, Pd-catalysts containing 1 or 2% of the metal possess the higher activity and stability than monometallic catalysts. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2381–2383, November, 1998.     

Scope, kinetics, and mechanistic aspects of aerobic oxidations catalyzed by ruthenium supported on alumina

The Ru/Al(2)O(3) catalyst was prepared by modification of the preparation of Ru(OH)(3).n H(2)O. The present Ru/Al(2)O(3) catalyst has high catalytic activities for the oxidations of activated, nonactivated, and heterocyclic alcohols, diols, and amines at 1 atm of molecular oxygen. Furthermore, the catalyst could be reused seven times without a loss of catalytic activity and selectivity for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. A catalytic reaction mechanism involving a ruthenium alcoholate species and beta-hydride elimination from the alcoholate has been proposed. The reaction rate has a first-order dependence on the amount of catalyst, a fractional order on the concentration of benzyl alcohol, and a zero order on the pressure of molecular oxygen. These results and kinetic isotope effects indicate that beta-elimination from the ruthenium alcoholate species is a rate-determining step.     

The properties of supported rhenium catalysts in the dehydrogenation of cyclohexane

The 2 % Re/sibunite catalyst is more active than 2 % Re/-Al₂O₃ and 2 % Re/-Al₂O₃ catalysts in the dehydrogenation of cyclohexane into benzene (T = 350 °C,w = 0.5 h–1). The substitution of NH₄ReO₄ by HReO₄ in the preparation of the catalyst enhances its activity by a factor of 1.3. Treatment with HNO₃ or oxalic acid increases the selectivity by a factor of 1.2 and 1.35, respectively, the overall conversion of cyclohexane being 32–40 %.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 2119–2121, August, 1996.     

Surface chemistry of selected supported metallocene catalysts studied by DR‐FTIR,CPMAS NMR,and XPS techniques

Two supported metallocene catalysts (CS 1: PQ 3030/MAO/Cp₂ZrCl₂ and CS 2: PQ 3030‐BuGeCl₃/MAO/Cp₂ ZrCl₂) were prepared by sequentially loading MAO and Cp₂ZrCl₂ on partially dehydroxylated silica PQ 3030. In catalyst CS 2, ⁿBuGeCl₃ was used to functionalize the silica. These catalysts were characterized by DR‐FTIR spectroscopy, CPMAS NMR spectroscopy, and XPS. Their catalytic performance was evaluated by polymerizing ethylene using the MAO cocatalyst and characterizing the resulting polymers by GPC. Both catalysts produced two metallocenium cations (Cation 1: [Cp₂ZrCl]⁺ and Cation 2: [Cp₂ZrMe]⁺) with comparable equilibrium concentrations and showed varying solid‐state electronic environments. The modified supports (PQ 3030/MAO and PQ 3030‐BuGeCl₃/MAO) acted as weakly coordinating polyanions and stabilized the above cations. BuGeCl₃ did not affect the solid‐state electronic environment. However, it increased the surface cocatalyst to catalyst molar ratio (Al:Zr), acted as a spacer, increased catalyst activity, and enhanced chain‐transfer reactions. The separately fed MAO cocatalyst shifted the equilibrium between Cation 1 and Cation 2 toward the right. Consequently, more Cation 2 was generated, which acted as the effective and active single‐site catalytic species producing monomodal PDI. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Monolayer dispersion thresholds and threshold effect displayed by supported catalysts

The principle of spontaneous monolayer dispersion holds that active components of many supported catalysts will disperse spontaneously onto the surface of the carrier. The monolayer dispersion threshold of the active component on the surface of the carrier can be measured by X-ray diffraction phase-quantitative extrapolation method, etc. By measuring the monolayer dispersion threshold, beneficial information on the surface structure and dispersion of supported catalysts can be obtained, and the optimal preparative processing conditions of the catalysts can be chosen. The proportion of the active component of many supported catalysts can be optimized while its monolayer dispersion threshold is observed. Mutation values of many physicochemical properties of supported catalysts are related to monolayer dispersion thresholds; the threshold effect on catalysts is apparent, and the proposal regarding the threshold effect provides instruction for the research on catalysts. __________ Translated from Chemistry, 2007, 70(12): 900–907