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Rational design of bifunctional catalyst from KF and ZnO combination on alumina for cyclic urea synthesis from CO2 and diamine
John, Crowny,Kulal, Nagendra,Shanbhag, Ganapati V.
, (2020/04/22)
This study is mainly focused on the design of stable, active and selective catalyst for direct synthesis of 2-imidazolidinone (cyclic urea) from ethylenediamine and CO2. Based on the rationale for the catalyst properties needed for this reaction, KF, ZnO and Al2O3 combination was selected to design the catalyst. ZnO/KF/Al2O3 catalyst was prepared by stepwise wet-impregnation followed by the removal of physisorbed KF from the surface. High product yield could be achieved by tuning acid-base sites by varying the composition and calcination temperature. The catalysts were characterized by various techniques like XRD, N2-sorption, NH3-TPD, CO2-TPD, TEM, XPS and FT-IR measurements. It is shown that acidic and basic properties of the solvent can influence the activity and product selectivity for this reaction. Under optimized condition; 180 °C, 10 bar and 10 wt.% catalyst in batch mode, 96.3 % conversion and 89.6 % selectivity towards the 2-imidazolidinone were achieved.
A Reversible Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Methanol-Ethylenediamine and Ethylene Urea
Xie, Yinjun,Hu, Peng,Ben-David, Yehoshoa,Milstein, David
supporting information, p. 5105 - 5109 (2019/03/11)
A novel liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) system, with a high theoretical hydrogen capacity, based on the unpresented hydrogenation of ethylene urea to ethylenediamine and methanol, and its reverse dehydrogenative coupling, was established. For the dehydrogenation only a small amount of solvent is required. This system is rechargeable, as the H2-rich compounds could be regenerated by hydrogenation of the resulting dehydrogenation mixture. Both directions for hydrogen loading and unloading were achieved using the same catalyst, under relatively mild conditions. Mechanistic studies reveal the likely pathway for H2-lean compounds formation.
