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Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of lignin monomer to methoxy-cyclohexanes with high faradaic efficiency
Chen, Henan,Kumar, Mohan,Liang, Baiyao,Peng, Tao,Wang, Miao,Yang, Chenxin,Zhang, Yun,Zhao, Wei
supporting information, p. 142 - 146 (2022/01/19)
Developing efficient renewable electrocatalytic processes in chemical manufacturing is of commercial interest, especially from biomass-derived feedstock. Selective electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass-derived lignin monomers to high-value oxygen-functional compounds is promising towards achieving this goal. However, ECH has to date lacked the satisfied selectivity to upgrade lignin monomers to high-value oxygenated chemicals due to the reduction of vulnerable ?OCH3 that exists in most lignin monomers. Herein we report carbon-felt supported ternary RhPtRu catalysts with a record faradaic efficiency (FE) of 62.8% and selectivity of 91.2% to methoxy-cyclohexanes (2-methoxy-cyclohexanol and 2-methoxy-cyclohexanone) from guaiacol, via a strong inhibition effect on the cleavage of the methoxy group, representing the best performance compared to previous reports. We further conducted a brief TEA to demonstrate a profitable ECH of guaiacol to high-value methoxy-cyclohexanes using our designed RhPtRu ternary catalysts.
Role of Catalyst Support's Physicochemical Properties on Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation over Palladium Catalysts
Batalha, Nuno,Fraga, Gabriel,Hasan, M. D.,Konarova, Muxina,Laycock, Bronwyn,Pratt, Steven,Santos, Mirella S.
, p. 5191 - 5202 (2021/10/29)
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) is a promising reaction for valorisation of bio-based feedstocks via hydrogenation without needing to use H2. Unlike standard hydrogenation, CTH occurs via dehydrogenation (DHD) of a hydrogen donor (H-donor) and hydrogenation (HYD) of a substrate. Therefore, the “ideal” CTH catalyst must balance the catalysis of both reactions to maximize the hydrogen transfer between H-donor and substrate with minimal H2 loss to gas (high atom efficiency). Additionally, the H-donor must be highly stable to prevent secondary reactions with the substrate. Herein we study the impact of the catalyst's properties on CTH of guaiacol using bicyclohexyl, a liquid organic hydrogen carrier, as a H-donor. The reaction was promoted by palladium dispersed on three typical support materials (γ-Al2O3, MgO, and SiO2). The performance of these catalysts in the conversion of bicyclohexyl and guaiacol was evaluated, allowing to estimate the H-transfer efficiency, as well as the potential for recycling the spent H-donor (bicyclohexyl). The apparent activation energies for DHD of bicyclohexyl and HYD of guaiacol revealed that slow DHD combined with fast HYD, as is the case with Pd/MgO, favours hydrogen transfer efficiency and selectivity towards hydrogenated products. In addition, an investigation of the DHD of bicyclohexyl and HYD of guaiacol independently showed that the affinity between the organic molecules and the support significantly impacts CTH. Indeed, Pd/SiO2 was highly active for both reactions individually and almost inactive for CTH. Consequently, these findings highlight the importance of the interaction between solvent-substrate-support in designing catalysts for transfer hydrogenation.
Continuous Synthesis of Aryl Amines from Phenols Utilizing Integrated Packed-Bed Flow Systems
Ichitsuka, Tomohiro,Kobayashi, Shū,Koumura, Nagatoshi,Sato, Kazuhiko,Takahashi, Ikko
supporting information, p. 15891 - 15896 (2020/07/13)
Aryl amines are important pharmaceutical intermediates among other numerous applications. Herein, an environmentally benign route and novel approach to aryl amine synthesis using dehydrative amination of phenols with amines and styrene under continuous-flow conditions was developed. Inexpensive and readily available phenols were efficiently converted into the corresponding aryl amines, with small amounts of easily removable co-products (i.e., H2O and alkanes), in multistep continuous-flow reactors in the presence of heterogeneous Pd catalysts. The high product selectivity and functional-group tolerance of this method allowed aryl amines with diverse functional groups to be selectively obtained in high yields over a continuous operation time of one week.
