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Selective Mild Oxidation of Anilines into Nitroarenes by Catalytic Activation of Mesoporous Frameworks Linked with Gold-Loaded Mn3O4 Nanoparticles
Armatas, Gerasimos S.,Daikopoulou, Vassiliki,Koutsouroubi, Eirini D.,Lykakis, Ioannis N.,Skliri, Euaggelia
, (2021/11/01)
This work reports the synthesis and catalytic application of mesoporous Au-loaded Mn3O4 nanoparticle assemblies (MNAs) with different Au contents, i. e., 0.2, 0.5 and 1 wt %, towards the selective oxidation of anilines into the corresponding nitroarenes. Among common oxidants, as well as several supported gold nanoparticle platforms, Au/Mn3O4 MNAs containing 0.5 wt % Au with an average particle size of 3–4 nm show the best catalytic performance in the presence of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as a mild oxidant. In all cases, the corresponding nitroarenes were isolated in high to excellent yields (85–97 %) and selectivity (>98 %) from acetonitrile or greener solvents, such as ethyl acetate, after simple flash chromatography purification. The 0.5 % Au/Mn3O4 catalyst can be isolated and reused four times without a significant loss of its activity and can be applied successfully to a lab-scale reaction of p-toluidine (1 mmol) leading to the p-nitrotulene in 83 % yield. The presence of AuNPs on the Mn3O4 surface enhances the catalytic activity for the formation of the desired nitroarene. A reasonable mechanism was proposed including the plausible formation of two intermediates, the corresponding N-aryl hydroxylamine and the nitrosoarene.
2,6-dimethylnitrobenzene synthesis method
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Paragraph 0015-0026, (2019/05/02)
The invention relates to a method for continuously synthesizing 2,6-dimethylnitrobenzene in a microtubular reactor. The method comprises: (1) immersing a microtubular reactor in an oil bath, wherein an outlet pipe is connected to a liquid-liquid separator, and an inlet pipe is connected to a feeding pump; (2) preparing a mixed acid from 98% nitric acid and 98% sulfuric acid according to a molar ratio of sulfuric acid to nitric acid of 2-4; (3) beating the mixed acid and m-xylene into the microtubular reactor at a certain flow rate by using a two-feeding method, and adjusting the flow rate to achieve a molar ratio of nitric acid to m-xylene of 1.1-1.3; and (4) after completing the reaction, discharging the material to the liquid-liquid separator, carrying out alkali washing on the organic phase, carrying out water washing, and carrying out rectification to obtain the target product. According to the present invention, the reaction kettle is replaced with the microtubular reactor, such that the process is stable, the required space is small, the reaction time is shortened, and the yield of 2,6-dimethylnitrobenzene is improved.
Hydrophobic WO3/SiO2 catalyst for the nitration of aromatics in liquid phase
Kulal,Kasabe,Jadhav,Dongare,Umbarkar
, p. 105 - 113 (2019/02/15)
WO3/SiO2 solid acid catalyst synthesized using sol gel method has shown promising activity (up to 65% conversion) for aromatic nitration in liquid phase using commercial nitric acid (70%) as nitrating agent without using any sulfuric acid. The water formed during the reaction as well as water from dilute nitric acid (70%) was removed azeotropically, however due to the hydrophilic nature of the catalyst, some water gets strongly adsorbed on catalyst surface forming a barrier layer between catalyst and organics. This prevents effective adsorption of substrate on catalyst surface for its subsequent reaction. To improve the activity further, the hydrophilic/hydrophobic nature of the catalyst was altered by post modification by grafting with commercial short chain organosilane (Dynasylan 9896). The modified 20% WO3/SiO2 catalyst when used for o-xylene nitration in liquid phase, showed significant increase in the conversion from 65% to 80% under identical reaction conditions. Catalyst characterization revealed decrease in the surface area of 20% WO3/SiO2 from 356 m2/g to 302 m2/g after grafting with Dynasylan 9896. The fine dispersion of WO3 particles (2–5 nm) on silica support was not affected due to modification. NMR and FTIR study revealed the decrease in surface hydroxyl groups imparting hydrophobicity to the catalyst. Interestingly the total acidic sites of the catalyst remained almost unaltered (0.54 mmol NH3/g) even after modification. Even though, the acidity and other characteristics of the catalyst did not change appreciably, there was a considerable increase in the o-xylene conversion which can be ascribed to the hydrophobic nature of the catalyst.