Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitro compounds by functionalized ionic liquids-stabilized nickel nanoparticles in aqueous phase: The influence of anions

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Two kinds of nickel nanoparticles (NPs) well-dispersed in aqueous phase have been conveniently prepared by reducing nickel(II) salt with hydrazine in the presence of amino group (-NH₂) functionalized ionic liquids: 1-(3-aminopropyl)-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bromide ([AMMIM][Br]) and 1-(3-aminopropyl)-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate ([AMMIM][AcO]). The Ni(0) particles are composed of smaller ones which assemble in a blackberry-like shape. The Ni nanoparticles stabilized with [AMMIM][AcO] are much larger than those stabilized with [AMMIM][Br], and the former unexpectedly give much higher activity in the selective hydrogenation of citral and nitrobenzene (NB) in aqueous phase. The Ni(0) nanocatalysts dispersed in aqueous phase are stable enough to be reused at least five times without significant loss of catalytic activity and selectivity during the catalytic recycles.

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Chemistry
July 2010 Vol.53 No.7: 1541–1548
doi: 10.1007/s11426-010-4003-2
• ARTICLES •
Catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitro compounds by
functionalized ionic liquids-stabilized nickel nanoparticles
in aqueous phase: The influence of anions
HU Yu1, YU YinYin1, ZHAO XiuGe1, YANG HanMing2*, FENG Bo1, LI Huan1,
QIAO YunXiang1, HUA Li1, PAN ZhenYan1 & HOU ZhenShan1*
1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology,
Shanghai 200237, China
2Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Education,
South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
Received March 12, 2010; accepted April 27, 2010
Two kinds of nickel nanoparticles (NPs) well-dispersed in aqueous phase have been conveniently prepared by reducing
nickel(II) salt with hydrazine in the presence of amino group (NH2) functionalized ionic liquids: 1-(3-aminopropyl)-2,3-
dimethylimidazolium bromide ([AMMIM][Br]) and 1-(3-aminopropyl)-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate ([AMMIM][AcO]).
The Ni(0) particles are composed of smaller ones which assemble in a blackberry-like shape. The Ni nanoparticles stabilized
with [AMMIM][AcO] are much larger than those stabilized with [AMMIM][Br], and the former unexpectedly give much
higher activity in the selective hydrogenation of citral and nitrobenzene (NB) in aqueous phase. The Ni(0) nanocatalysts dis-
persed in aqueous phase are stable enough to be reused at least five times without significant loss of catalytic activity and se-
lectivity during the catalytic recycles.
functionalized ionic liquid, nickel nanoparticles, aqueous phase, selective hydrogenation
stabilizing transition metal complexes [5]. The neoteric
1 Introduction
solvents have been utilized for the synthesis of nanostruc-
tures. Many metal NPs such as Ir, Rh, Ru, Te, Al, Ag, Pt,
and Au NPs have been prepared in the presence of ILs
[6–13]. In particular, imidazolium ILs have been intensively
studied for the formation and stabilization of catalytically
active transition-metal NPs due to their high chemical sta-
bility, excellent thermal stability and electrochemical stability,
as well as a wide liquid range. The pre-organized ‘super-
molecular’ structures of imidazolium ILs can create an ex-
ternal layer around the metal NPs to control the growth of
the particle size and affect the mass transfer. However, sim-
ple imidazolium ILs could not provide an effective protec-
tion to the NPs against aggregation under the catalytic con-
ditions [14]. Therefore, the functionalized ILs have recently
been designed for effectively stabilizing metal nanocatalysts
Ionic liquids (ILs) as a new class of solvents are considered
as designer solvents owing to the quasi-infinite number of
possible cations and anions combination that can be envi-
sioned. Over the past decade, the application of ILs in ca-
talysis has been of growing interest due to their unique
properties [1, 2]. An IL was demonstrated to be able to act
as both the catalyst and the solvent in a reaction as early as
1986 [3]. In catalyzed reactions, ILs, as effective alternative
solvents, have been designed for immobilizing catalysts,
facilitating product isolation and recycling the catalyst sys-
tem [4]. For example, ILs have played a significant role in
*Corresponding author (email: houzhenshan@ecust.edu.cn; yanghanmin@sina.com)
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2 Experimental
Selective hydrogenation of substituted nitrobenzene (NB),
2.1 Reagents and instruments
being a major challenge for chemists, is commonly used to
manufacture aniline and its derivatives, which are signifi-
cant intermediates for dyes, polyurethanes, pharmaceuticals,
explosives, and agrochemicals. The hydrogenation can be
performed in organic solvents by using a variety of precious
metal catalysts (Pd and Pt) supported on active carbon,
polymers and metal oxides which show good catalytic ac-
tivity even under mild conditions, but the selectivity is un-
satisfactory unless the catalysts are modified by other
stoichiometric additives or have to be poisoned or tailored
to achieve the desired selectivity [18–21]. Besides, most of
the reported hydrogenations of nitro compounds with non-
precious nickel nanocatalysts were not very effective, or
were carried out in ecological unfavorable organic solvents
[22–27]. Arai and Xu’s groups have reported that dense
phase CO2 and ILs, compared with conventional organic
solvents, have positive effects on selective hydrogenation of
nitro compounds over Ni/-Al2O3 and Raney Ni catalysts,
respectively [28, 29]. Considering the high costs of using
ILs and dense CO2 fluid as solvents, as well as the slow
mass transfer and limited solubility of H2 in ILs, researchers
aim to develop much more economic, efficient and greener
pathways for organic transformations.
As an alternative solvent, water has attracted extraordi-
nary attention because it is inexpensive and environmentally
benign. It could offer the easy approach for separation of
organic reagents from catalysts which were immobilized in
aqueous phase [30–32]. From the viewpoint of green chem-
istry, the immobilization of nanocatalysts in an aqueous
solution immiscible with the product phase (organic phase)
represents an almost ideal combination of homogeneous and
heterogeneous reaction processes. Therefore, the develop-
ment of the functionalized imidazolium IL-stabilized NPs
especially dispersed in aqueous phase has become one of
the hot research topics in recent years [13, 33–38]. Enlight-
ened by the numerous advantages of nanocatalysts in aque-
ous phase, we attempted to develop a new hydrophilic, easily
prepared amino-functionalized imidazolium IL, 1-(3-amino-
propyl)-2,3-dimethylimidazolium acetate [AMMIM][AcO],
as a ligand to stabilize nickel NPs. Based on our previous
study [39], the catalytic performance of [AMMIM][Br]-
stabilized nano-sized nickel(0) particles has been demon-
strated to be superior than that of conventional Raney nickel
for hydrogenation reactions in aqueous phase. We further
examined the effect of ionic liquid anions on catalytic hy-
drogenation. First, the reaction kinetics for the hydrogena-
tion of NB over two nanocatalysts has been investigated by
choosing aqueous hydrogenation of NB as a model reaction,
and then the reason why the as-synthesized nanocatalysts
showed different catalytic performance was analyzed via
various methods. Finally, the superior catalyst has been ex-
tended to the selective hydrogenation of various substituted
nitro aromatic compounds and its lifetime has been examined.
All manipulations involving air-sensitive materials were car-
ried out using standard Schlenk line techniques under an at-
mosphere of nitrogen. The solvents were all of reagent grade
and distilled from appropriate drying agents under a nitrogen
atmosphere prior to use. Nickel acetate tetrahydrate (≥98.0%)
and aqueous hydrazine (80 wt.%) were purchased from Si-
nopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. and used as received.
The water-soluble Ni NPs stabilized with amino group func-
tionalized ILs and Blank-Ni catalyst were prepared by a
chemical reduction method as shown in Figure 1 [39].
The structural properties were examined by X-ray dif-
fraction (XRD, D/MAX 2550 VB/PC), N2 adsorption-
desorption (BET, ASAP 2020) and transmission electron
microscopy (TEM, JEOL JEM 2010). The inductively cou-
pled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) analyses
of Ni contents for [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and [AMMIM][AcO]-
Ni were performed on a Varian ICP-710ES instrument. A
Perkin Elmer Pyris Diamond was used for the thermogra-
vimetric analysis (TGA). TGA measurements of the nickel
NPs were performed under high-purity nitrogen purge (100
mL/min) by heating the sample to 700 °C at a rate of 10
°C/min. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measure-
ments were performed on a Thermo ESCALAB 250 spec-
trometer. Nonmonochro Al K radiation was used as a pri-
mary excitation. The binding energies were calibrated with
the C1s level of adventitious carbon (284.8 eV) as the inter-
nal standard reference.
Figure 1 Structure illustration of the functionalized IL stabilized nickel
catalysts: [AMMIM][Br]-Ni, [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni and Blank-Ni.

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2.2 General procedure of hydrogenation
3 Results and discussion
3.1 Properties of Ni catalysts
The stainless steel autoclave containing previously prepared
Ni(0) catalyst (0.053 mmol) re-dispersed in 2 mL water was
charged with the corresponding substrate (2.65 mmol), and
then hydrogen was admitted into the system to the desired
pressure. The reaction was conducted by stirring the mix-
ture for a desired time at the setting temperature. After the
reaction, the autoclave was cooled with ice-bath and then
hydrogen was carefully vented. The products were sepa-
rated from the catalyst by simple extraction with diethyl
ether and identified by GC-MS, followed by quantitative
analysis using a GC 112A with a FID detector equipped
with a HP-5 column (30 m, 0.25 mm i.d.) and a flame ioni-
zation detector. The products of hydrogenation of p-Nitro-
phenol were analyzed by HPLC (Agilent 1200 series
equipped with Eclipse XDB-C18 column).
The water-soluble Ni NPs stabilized with amino group
functionalized ILs and Blank-Ni catalyst were prepared by a
chemical reduction method as shown in Figure 1 [39]. As
shown in Figure 2, the XRD patterns of the isolated Ni(0)
particles ([AMMIM][Br]-Ni and [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni) con-
firmed the presence of crystalline Ni(0) and the absence of
NiO or Ni(OH)2. Both of the Bragg reflections at ca. 44.5°,
51.8°, and 76.4° corresponded to the indexed planes of the
crystals of Ni(0) (111), (200), (220).
The aqueous dispersions of the fresh [AMMIM][Br]-Ni
and [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni NPs were placed as thin films in
two carbon coated copper grids and characterized by TEM
analyses. As shown in Figure 3, both of the two micrographs
Figure 2 X-ray diffraction pattern of the isolated Ni(0) NPs. (a) [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and (b) [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni. The peaks are labelled with the hkl of the
planes for the corresponding Bragg angles.
Figure 3 TEM images and histograms of (a) [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and (b) [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni nanocatalysts.

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displayed a complex, blackberry-like morphology and very
good dispersity in aqueous phase. It was noteworthy that
each particle was an aggregate of smaller particles, which
might result from the magnetic interaction between Ni NPs
[40]. The [AMMIM][Br]-Ni NPs with the average diameter
of about 35 nm were aggregates of smaller particles with the
average diameter of 6.4 nm; however, the [AMMIM][AcO]-
Ni NPs with much larger average diameter of about 53 nm
were composed of smaller particles of about 12.1 nm in
diameter and the crystal lattice of the metal NPs was clearly
observable. From the TEM images (Figure 3), these NP-aggre-
gates demonstrated the presence of interstices among the
small particles and the BET surface area of [AMMIM][Br]-Ni
was 114.5 m2/g, much higher than that of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
(80.1 m2/g) as shown in Table 1. This might result from the
much smaller average particle size of [AMMIM][Br]-Ni.
However, both of these two nanocatalysts owned larger
surface area than the Blank-Ni catalyst (13.0 m2/g).
Figure 5 TGA curves of two nanocatalysts.
11.4 and 11.8, respectively. These results showed that after
the step of purification, the whole amount of the remaining
functionalized ILs in the Ni nanocatalysts kept almost at the
same level. Additionally, the decomposition of the IL
([AMIMIM][Br]) remaining on Ni catalyst occurred between
ca. 190 °C and 320 °C, and the degradation of [AMIMIM]-
[AcO] on Ni catalyst occurred between ca. 260 °C and 400
°C, which indicated slightly higher thermal stability of
[AMIMIM][AcO] than that of [AMIMIM][Br].
Figure 6 shows the XPS characterization results of the
fresh-prepared [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
catalysts. The two spectra had basically similar profiles,
both indicating the existence of a few atomic layers of Ni2+
species on NPs surface and the absence of NiO or Ni(OH)2
as demonstrated in our previous report [39]. However, the
Ni2p3/2 binding energy of [AMMIM][Br]-Ni catalyst was
0.64 eV higher than that of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni catalyst as
shown in Table 1, which was possibly induced by the
stronger nucleophilic characteristic of the bromide anion
compared with acetate anion, so the electron cloud was
more likely apt to transfer from the surface Ni atoms to Br
anions. Besides, as the XRD data and TEM results did not
show the presence of nickel oxide or hydroxide particles or
a core-shell structure (metal-oxide), both of the XPS results
indicated the existence of a few atomic layers of Ni2+ spe-
cies on NPs surface as observed by Couto’s and Win-
On the basis of TGA analysis as shown in Figure 5, the
organic contents of the Ni NPs were determined to be 24.5%
for the [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and 23.6% for the [AMMIM][AcO]-
Ni within the range of the temperature studied (100–700 °C).
The Ni contents of the two NPs were 72.5% and 74.2% by
the ICP-AES analysis (Table 1).
It was found that the bulk molar ratios of Ni to IL for the
[AMMIM][AcO]-Ni and [AMMIM][Br]-Ni catalysts were
Figure 4 The image of the Blank-Ni catalyst by an optical microscope. A
large amount of bulk Ni aggregates was observed.
Table 1 Characterization results of the fresh [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni nanocatalysts
Samples
Ni particle size (nm)
BET area (m2/g)
[AMMIM][Br]-Ni
[AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
Blank-Ni
6.4 a)
114.5
24.5
12.1 a)
bulk particles b)
80.1
13.0
Mass loss (wt%) c)
23.6

Ni loading (wt%) d)
Bulk Ni/IL molar ratio e)
Binding energy of Ni2p3/2 (eV) f)
72.5
74.2


11.8
11.4
856.10
855.46
852.1 g)
a) See Figure 3; b) see Figure 4; c) obtained from TGA analysis; d) measured by ICP-AES analysis; e) obtained on the basis of TGA and elemental analy-
ses; f) detected by XPS analysis; g) see ref. [41].

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nischofer’s groups [42, 43]. We again demonstrated that the
Ni(0) surface composition was dominated by adsorbed
Ni2+-[AMMIM][Br]/[AcO] complexes in the present system
which devoted to the high stability of the two nanocatalysts
towards bulk oxidation and aggregation during the reaction.
Encouraged by the good activity and selectivity obtained
by using [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni as a catalyst for selective hy-
drogenation of citral, we extended the current catalyst to
selective hydrogenate NB and its derivatives. Figure 7
shows the evolution of product distribution with time in
selective hydrogenation of NB in water over [AMMIM]-
[AcO]-Ni and [AMMIM][Br]-Ni nanocatalysts. In general,
the basic profiles of (a) and (b) in Figure 7 were very simi-
lar. Both of the two catalysts were active and selective to-
wards hydrogenation of NB to aniline (AN) as the sole
product as long as more time was given. The [AMMIM]-
[AcO]-Ni nanocatalysts were much more active and only
needed 3 h to completely convert NB into AN, while the
[AMMIM][Br]-Ni nanocatalysts needed almost 4 h to
achieve full conversion, which was in agreement with pre-
vious results for selective hydrogenation of citral.
From the above TGA and elemental analyses, the
amounts of the two functionalized ILs coordinated on the
surface of nanocatalysts kept almost at the same level. As
the larger Ni NPs in [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni (12.1 nm) had
unexpected higher catalytic activity in both selective hy-
drogenation of citral and NB than [AMMIM][Br]-Ni cata-
lyst (6.4 nm), we proposed that the worse performance of
the [AMMIM][Br]-Ni nanocatalysts was mainly due to the
stronger nucleophilic characteristic of the bromide anion (in
accordance with the previous XPS analyses), which ham-
pered the absorption of the substrate molecules on the cata-
lytic center compared with that of AcO anion, and thus
induced a decrease of the activity.
3.2 The influence of IL anions on the activities of Ni
nanocatalysts
First, we examined two nanocatalysts for selective hydro-
genation of ,-unsaturated double bond of citral and the
results are shown in Table 2. It was found that both Blank-
Ni catalyst and [AMMIM][Br]-Ni were almost unreactive
for selective hydrogenation of C=C double bond under mild
conditions (1.0 MPa H2 pressure and 60 °C) (Table 2, en-
tries 1 and 4), while [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni nanocatalysts
demonstrated good reactivity and selectivity for selective
hydrogenation of ,-unsaturated double bond under the
same reaction conditions (Table 2, entry 3). The [AMMIM]-
[Br]-Ni and Blank-Ni catalysts solely displayed activity
under increasing H2 pressure (3.0 MPa) and at higher reac-
tion temperature (70 °C) (Table 2, entries 2 and 5), although
the former is much more active for the conversion of citral.
As a result, the activity for selective hydrogenation of
citral decreased in the following order: [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
> [AMMIM][Br]-Ni > Blank-Ni, which was attributed to
much higher BET surface area of [AMMIM][AcO] or
[AMMIM][Br]-stabilized Ni nanocatalysts as shown in Ta-
ble 1.
Figure 6 XPS spectra of Ni2p for (a) [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and (b) [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni nanocatalysts.
Table 2 Comparison of different catalysts towards selective hydrogenation of citral in watera)
Selectivity (%)
Entry
Catalyst
PH2 (MPa)
t (h)
Conv. (%)
citronellal

citronellol
IP b)

1 c)
2 d)
3 c)
4 c)
5 d)
[AMMIM][Br]-Ni
[AMMIM][Br]-Ni
[AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
Blank-Ni
1.0
3.0
1.0
1.0
3.0
5
3
4
5
3
<3.0
89.6
88.4
<3.0
54.8

94.4
95.6

5.4
3.7

0.2
0.7

Blank-Ni
97.0
2.8
0.2
a) Reaction conditions: Ni (27 mmol L1 atomic nickel), citral/Ni = 50 (molar radio), water (2 mL); b) unidentified products; c) 60 °C; d) 70 °C.

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Figure 7 Evolution of species with time during the hydrogenation of NB in water over (a) [AMMIM][Br]-Ni and (b) [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni. (■) NB conver-
sion, (▼) AN selectivity, (●) selectivity of NSB and (▲) selectivity of AB and byproducts. Reaction conditions: Ni (27 mmol L1 atomic nickel), substrate/Ni
= 50 (molar radio), water (2 mL), H2 (1.0 MPa), 70 °C.
3.3 Application of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni in selective
hydrogenation of various substituted nitro aromatic
compounds
hydroxyl group on the catalytic active center [44] which
would prevent the selective hydrogenation of the nitro
group. To conclude, [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni catalysts showed
promising activity for chemoselective hydrogenation of NB
and its derivatives, which was not apparently affected by the
steric effect, but possibly by the electric effect.
As shown in Table 3, with the superior [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
as the catalyst, almost all the substrates could efficiently
convert into the corresponding substituted amino aromatic
compounds under mild conditions in aqueous phase except
the p-nitrophenol. The methyl- or chloro-substituted NB
afforded the corresponding amino aromatic compounds and
showed comparable reactivity and selectivity as that of un-
substituted NB, although the chloro-substituted NB had to
be performed at a higher temperature (80 °C) possibly be-
cause of its higher melting point (Table 3, entries 1–3). The
steric hindrance effect did not seem to be the controlling
factor during chemoselective hydrogenation of NB substi-
tuted by hydroxyl group at either o- or p-position (Table 3,
entries 4 and 5). The o-substituted substrate gave much
higher reactivity, which was converted completely into the
corresponding aniline within 5 h, while the p-substituted
substrate could only reach 59% conversion after 9 h. This
was possibly induced by the competitive adsorption of the
3.4 The recyclability of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
We investigated the recyclability of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
nanocatalysts using NB as a model compound in aqueous
phase. After each run, the products were extracted by liquid-
liquid extraction with diethyl ether for three times. Then
diethyl ether was evaporated in catalytic aqueous phase un-
der vacuum, and the substrate was recharged into the auto-
clave for the next recycling. It was found that the yield of
AN could remain over 99% even if the catalyst has been
reused five times as long as enough time is given. Besides,
the Ni(0) NPs were found to be stable without the formation
of NiO or Ni(OH)2 from XRD spectrum analysis and still
well–dispersed in aqueous phase (Figure 8), as well as with
non-detectable loss of Ni by ICP analysis after three recycles.
Table 3 Results of selective hydrogenation of substituted nitro compounds with [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni a)
Entry
1
Substrate
NB
t (h)

Conv. (%)
Selectivity (%)
aniline
IP b)


100


3
>99.9

2
3
4
5
p-nitrotoluene
p-chloro nitrobenzene c)
p-nitrophenol
4-methylaniline
99.9
IP


3
100

0.1
IP

aniline
p-chloroaniline
99.2

3
100

0.6

0.2
IP
p-aminophenol
99.9

9
59.0

0.1
IP

o-nitrophenol
o-aminophenol
99.9


3.5
57.0
0.1

5
100
99.9
0.1

a) Reaction conditions: Ni (27 mmolL1 atomic nickel), substrate/Ni=50 (molar radio), H2 (1.0 MPa), water (2 mL), 70 °C; b) unidentified products; c) 80 °C.

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4 Conclusions
In summary, two kinds of water-soluble nickel NPs stabi-
lized by amino-functionalized ILs have been prepared. XRD
analyses confirmed the fcc structures of two Ni(0) NPs and
the absence of NiO or Ni(OH)2. TEM analyses revealed
both of the two kinds of smaller Ni(0) particles assembled
to give larger, blackberry-like shaped ones, while the Ni(0)
NPs stabilized with [AMMIM][AcO] were much larger than
those stabilized with [AMMIM][Br] (12.1 vs 6.4 nm). The
elemental analysis and TGA have confirmed that the two
kinds of Ni(0) NPs contained almost the same amount of
ILs on their surface which could protect them from being
oxidized in aqueous phase under the reaction conditions.
However, the larger particle size of [AMMIM][AcO]-Ni
gave higher reactivity towards the selective hydrogenation
of citral and NB, which was explained by the stronger nu-
cleophilic characteristic of the bromide anion, compared
with the acetate anion. The superior catalyst [AMMIM]-
[AcO]-Ni has been employed for the selective hydrogena-
tion of various substituted nitro aromatic compounds in
aqueous phase under mild reaction conditions, which has
demonstrated good activity and excellent selectivity to the
corresponding anilines. The present catalytic system could
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