61585-35-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Continuous synthesis of menthol from citronellal and citral over Ni-beta-zeolite-sepiolite composite catalyst
Er?nen, Kari,M?ki-Arvela, P?ivi,Martinez-Klimov, Mark,Muller, Joseph,Murzin, Dmitry Yu.,Peurla, Markus,Simakova, Irina,Vajglova, Zuzana
, (2022/04/03)
One-pot continuous synthesis of menthols both from citronellal and citral was investigated over 5 wt% Ni supported on H-Beta-38-sepiolite composite catalyst at 60–70 °C under 10–29 bar hydrogen pressure. A relatively high menthols yield of 53% and 49% and stereoselectivity to menthol of 71–76% and 72–74% were obtained from citronellal and citral respectively at the contact time 4.2 min, 70 °C and 20 bar. Citral conversion noticeably decreased with time-on-stream under 10 and 15 bar of hydrogen pressure accompanied by accumulation of citronellal, the primary hydrogenation product of citral, practically not affecting selectivity to menthol. A substantial amount of defuctionalization products observed during citral conversion, especially at the beginning of the reaction (ca. 1 h), indicated that all intermediates could contribute to formation of menthanes. Ni/H-Beta-38-sepiolite composite material prepared by extrusion was characterized by TEM, SEM, XPS, XRD, ICP-OES, N2 physisorption and FTIR techniques to perceive the interrelation between the physico-chemical and catalytic properties.
Remarkable catalytic activity of polymeric membranes containing gel-trapped palladium nanoparticles for hydrogenation reactions
López-Viveros, Melissa,Favier, Isabelle,Gómez, Montserrat,Lahitte, Jean-Fran?ois,Remigy, Jean-Christophe
, p. 263 - 269 (2020/05/13)
Polymeric flat-sheet membranes and hollow fibers were prepared via UV photo-initiated polymerization of acrylic acid at the surface of commercial polyether sulfones (PES) membranes. These polymeric materials permitted to immobilize efficiently palladium nanoparticles (PdNP), which exhibited a mean diameter in the range of 4?6 nm. These materials were synthesized by chemical reduction of Pd(II) precursors in the presence of the corresponding support. We successfully applied the as-prepared catalytic materials in hydrogenation reactions under continuous flow conditions. Flat sheet membranes were more active than hollow fibers due to the flow configuration and defavorable operating conditions. Actually, various functional groups (i.e. C[dbnd]C, C[tbnd]C and NO2) were reduced in flow-through configuration, under mild conditions (between 1.4 and 2.2 bar H2 at 60 °C, using 3.2 mol% of Pd loading), archiving high conversions in short reaction times (12?24 s).
Partial and Total Solvent-Free Limonene's Hydrogenation: Metals, Supports, Pressure, and Water Effects
Chemat, Farid,Clarisse, Olivier,Fabiano-Tixier, Anne-Sylvie,Ndongou Moutombi, Fanta J.,Touaibia, Mohamed
, (2020/04/27)
Bio-based solvents menthene and menthane were obtained through limonene's partial and total hydrogenation under various catalytic conditions. Heterogeneous catalysts based on different active metals and supports (carbon, alumina, and silica) were systematically tested for solvent-free total and partial hydrogenation of limonene under high and low hydrogen pressure. Influences of these catalysts on the formation of menthene, menthane, and cymene, a dehydrogenated product, were determined. The impact of water addition on the conversion and selectivity of the catalysts was also investigated. Amongst all tested catalysts, Rh/Alumina which was never tested for total and partial hydrogenation of limonene was the most effective as 1-menthene was quantitatively produced at low pressure (0.275 MPa) while menthane was mostly obtained at a higher pressure (2.75 MPa). Water addition on Rh/Alumina favoured menthene production even at high pressure. To propose menthane, menthene, and menthane/menthene mixture as an alternative to fossil-based solvents such as n-hexane for the extraction of natural products, β-carotene, vanillin, and rosmarinic acid solubilizations have been investigated. If a modeling approach using COSMO-RS software predicted a comparable solubilization of these 3 compounds for the 3 solvents, experimental assays revealed that menthene solubilizes β-carotene, vanillin, and rosmarinic acid three to five times better than n-hexane.
Convenient synthesis of cobalt nanoparticles for the hydrogenation of quinolines in water
Beller, Matthias,Dorcet, Vincent,Fischmeister, Cedric,Hervochon, Julien,Junge, Kathrin
, p. 4820 - 4826 (2020/08/14)
Easily accessible cobalt nanoparticles are prepared by hydrolysis of NaBH4 in the presence of inexpensive Co(ii) salts. The resulting material is an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenation of quinoline derivatives in water. The activity and chemoselectivity of this catalyst are comparable to other cobalt-based heterogeneous catalysts.
Multistep Engineering of Synergistic Catalysts in a Metal-Organic Framework for Tandem C-O Bond Cleavage
Brzezinski, Carter,Chen, Justin S.,Feng, Xuanyu,Lin, Wenbin,Song, Yang,Xu, Ziwan
supporting information, p. 4872 - 4882 (2020/04/01)
Cleavage of strong C-O bonds without breaking C-C/C-H bonds is a key step for catalytic conversion of renewable biomass to hydrocarbon feedstocks. Herein we report multistep sequential engineering of orthogonal Lewis acid and palladium nanoparticle (NP) catalysts in a metal-organic framework (MOF) built from (Al-OH)n secondary building units and a mixture of 2,2′-bipyridine-5,5′-dicarboxylate (dcbpy) and 1,4-benzenediacrylate (pdac) ligands (1) for tandem C-O bond cleavage. Ozonolysis of 1 selectively removed pdac ligands to generate Al2(OH)(OH2) sites, which were subsequently triflated with trimethylsilyl triflate to afford strongly Lewis acidic sites for dehydroalkoxylation. Coordination of Pd(MeCN)2Cl2 to dcbpy ligands followed by in situ reduction produced orthogonal Pd NP sites in 1-OTf-PdNP as the hydrogenation catalyst. The selective and precise transformation of 1 into 1-OTf-PdNP was characterized step by step using powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The hierarchical incorporation of orthogonal Lewis acid and Pd NP active sites endowed 1-OTf-PdNP with outstanding catalytic performance in apparent hydrogenolysis of etheric, alcoholic, and esteric C-O bonds to generate saturated alkanes via a tandem dehydroalkoxylation-hydrogenation process under relatively mild conditions. The reactivity of C-O bonds followed the trend of tertiary carbon > secondary carbon > primary carbon. Control experiments demonstrated the heterogeneous nature and recyclability of 1-OTf-PdNP and its superior catalytic activity over the homogeneous counterparts. Sequential engineering of multiple catalytic sites in MOFs thus presents a unique opportunity to address outstanding challenges in sustainable catalysis.
Rethinking Basic Concepts-Hydrogenation of Alkenes Catalyzed by Bench-Stable Alkyl Mn(I) Complexes
Weber, Stefan,St?ger, Berthold,Veiros, Luis F.,Kirchner, Karl
, p. 9715 - 9720 (2019/10/14)
An efficient additive-free manganese-catalyzed hydrogenation of alkenes to alkanes with molecular hydrogen is described. This reaction is atom economic, implementing an inexpensive, earth-abundant nonprecious metal catalyst. The most efficient precatalyst is the bench-stable alkyl bisphosphine Mn(I) complex fac-[Mn(dippe)(CO)3(CH2CH2CH3)]. The catalytic process is initiated by migratory insertion of a CO ligand into the Mn-alkyl bond to yield an acyl intermediate which undergoes rapid hydrogenolysis to form the active 16e Mn(I) hydride catalyst [Mn(dippe)(CO)2(H)]. A range of mono- A nd disubstituted alkenes were efficiently converted into alkanes in good to excellent yields. The hydrogenation of 1-alkenes and 1,1-disubstituted alkenes proceeds at 25 °C, while 1,2-disubstituted alkenes require a reaction temperature of 60 °C. In all cases, a catalyst loading of 2 mol % and a hydrogen pressure of 50 bar were applied. A mechanism based on DFT calculations is presented, which is supported by preliminary experimental studies.
Regiodivergent hydrosilylation, hydrogenation, [2π + 2π]-cycloaddition and C-H borylation using counterion activated earth-abundant metal catalysis
Agahi, Riaz,Challinor, Amy J.,Dunne, Joanne,Docherty, Jamie H.,Carter, Neil B.,Thomas, Stephen P.
, p. 5079 - 5084 (2019/05/24)
The widespread adoption of earth-abundant metal catalysis lags behind that of the second- and third-row transition metals due to the often challenging practical requirements needed to generate the active low oxidation-state catalysts. Here we report the development of a single endogenous activation protocol across five reaction classes using both iron- and cobalt pre-catalysts. This simple catalytic manifold uses commercially available, bench-stable iron- or cobalt tetrafluoroborate salts to perform regiodivergent alkene and alkyne hydrosilylation, 1,3-diene hydrosilylation, hydrogenation, [2π + 2π]-cycloaddition and C-H borylation. The activation protocol proceeds by fluoride dissociation from the counterion, in situ formation of a hydridic activator and generation of a low oxidation-state catalyst.
Heterogeneously Catalysed Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Menthol in a Fixed-Bed Reactor in the Gas Phase
Kulik, Anna,Neubauer, Katja,Eckelt, Reinhard,Bartling, Stephan,Panten, Johannes,K?ckritz, Angela
, p. 1066 - 1075 (2019/06/24)
For the first time, the oxidative dehydrogenation of (?)-menthol to (?)-menthone and (+)-isomenthone in a marketable quality was carried out in a continuous gas phase reactor as a sustainable process using molecular oxygen as green oxidant and solid catalysts which do not contaminate the product mixture and which are easily to remove. The diastereomeric purity remained largely unchanged. Three types of catalysts were found to be very active and selective in the formation of menthone and isomenthone: AgSr/SiO2, CuO distributed on a basic support and RuMnCe/CeO2, where Ru, Mn and Ce exist in an oxidized state. The best overall yield of menthon/isomenthone obtained with an Ag-based catalyst was 58 % at 64 % selectivity, with a Cu-based catalyst 41 % at 51 % selectivity and with a Ru-based catalyst 68 % at 73 % selectivity. Reaction conditions were widely optimized.
Metal vapor synthesis of ultrasmall Pd nanoparticles functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbenes
Tegeder, Patricia,Marelli, Marcello,Freitag, Matthias,Polito, Laura,Lamping, Sebastian,Psaro, Rinaldo,Glorius, Frank,Ravoo, Bart Jan,Evangelisti, Claudio
supporting information, p. 12647 - 12651 (2018/09/27)
The synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-stabilized palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) by an entirely new strategy comprising the NHC functionalization of ligand-free PdNPs obtained by metal vapor synthesis is described. Detailed characterization confirms the formation of very small monodisperse PdNPs (2.3 nm) and the presence of the NHC ligand on the Pd surface. The stable NHC-functionalized PdNPs dispersed onto a carbon support showed high activity in the hydrogenation of limonene with enhanced regioselectivity in comparison to bare PdNPs on carbon.
