Keggin type heteropolyacids-catalyzed synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives in water

Keggin type heteropolyacids was found to be an efficient and reusable catalyst for the synthesis of biologically active quinoxaline derivatives from the condensation of 1,2-diamine with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds in excellent yields in water. This method provides a new and efficient protocol in terms of small quantity of catalyst, a wide scope of substrates, and simple work-up procedure.

Heteropolyacids-Immobilized Graphitic Carbon Nitride:Highly Efficient Photo-Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in the Aqueous Phase

Benzaldehyde is a highly desirable chemical due to its extensive application in medicine,chemical synthesis and food sector among others.However,its production generally involves hazardous solvents such as trifluorotoluene or acetonitrile,and its conversion,especially selectivity in the aqueous phase,is still not up to expectations.Hence,developing an environmentally benign,synthetic process for benzaldehyde production is of paramount importance.Herein,we report the preparation of a photocatalyst(PW_(12)-P-UCNS,where PW_(12)is H3PW_(12)O_(40)xH_(2)O and P-UCNS is phosphoric acid-modified unstack graphitic carbon nitride)by incorporating phosphotungstic acid on phosphoric acid-functionalised graphitic carbon nitride(g-C_(3)N_(4))nanosheets.The performance of PW_(12)-P-UCNS was tested using the benzyl alcohol photo-oxidation reaction to produce benzaldehyde in H_(2)O,at room temperature(20℃).The asprepared PW12-P-UCNS photocatalyst showed excellent photocatalytic performance with 58.3%conversion and 99.5%selectivity within 2 h.Moreover,the catalyst could be reused for at least five times without significant activity loss.Most importantly,a proposed Z-scheme mechanism of the PW_(12)-P-UCNScatalysed model reaction was revealed.We carefully investigated its transient photocurrent and electrochemical impedance,and identified superoxide radicals and photogenerated holes as the main active species through electron spin-resonance spectroscopy and scavenger experiments.Results show that the designed PW_(12)-P-UCNS photocatalyst is a highly promising candidate for benzaldehyde production through the photo-oxidation reaction in aqueous phase,under mild conditions.

Preparation of the Supported Heteropolyacids Catalyst by Ultrasound-plasma Treatment

Novel catalysts of phosphotungstic heteropolyacids （PW12） supported on neutral alumina were prepared by assistance of ultrasound and plasma treatment. The prepared catalysts were characterized by FT-IR pyridine adsorption （Py-IR）, temperature programmed desorption of Pyridine （Py-TPD）, BET and X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and their catalytic performances were evaluated by the cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran. The results indicate that plasma treatment remarkably increases the surface acidity of the prepared catalyst while ultrasonic treatment induces PW12 to uniformly disperse on the support surface and expose more active sites for the acid catalytic reaction. A higher catalytic activity （69.7%） is obtained on the novel catalyst, which significantly outstripped that on the conventional sample （57.5%）.

Heteropolyacids Catalysis in Synthesizing Butylacrylate

The catalytic activities of some heteropolyacids(HPAs) in synthesizing butyl acrylate are reported. It has been demonstrated that 12 tungstophosphoric acid is the most effective catalyst among more than 20 HPA(salts). Various factors concerned in this reaction have been investigated. The optimum conditions have been found, that is, the molar ratio of alcohol to acid is 1.2∶1.0 , the catalyst concentration 1%(mass fraction), the reaction time 2 h, the temperature 98—124 ℃ and a certain amount of polymerization inhibitor exists.

Etherification of Methanol with Propylene Oxide Catalyzed by Heteropolyacids

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Coupling biomass pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis and direct biomass-to-electricity conversion with molybdovanadophosphoric heteropolyacids as anode electron transfer carriers

Owing to their acidity,oxidizing ability and redox reversibility,molybdovanadophosphoric heteropolyacids(H_(n+3)PMo_(12-n)VnO40,abbreviated as PMo_(12-n)Vn) were employed as electron transfer carriers for coupling biomass pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis and direct biomass-to-electricity conversion.In this novel coupled process,PMo_(12-n)Vn pretreatment that causes deconstruction of cell wall structure with PMo_(12-n)Vn being simultaneously reduced can be considered as the "charging" process.The reduced PMo_(12-n)Vn are further re-oxidized with release of electrons in a liquid flow fuel cell(LFFC) to generate electricity is the "discharging" process.Several Keggin-type PMo_(12-n)Vn with different degree of vanadium substitution(DSV, namely n) were prepared.Compared to Keggin-type phosphomolybdic acid(PMo_(12)),PMo_(12-n)Vn(n=1-6) showed higher oxidizing ability but poorer redox reversibility.The cellulose enzymatic digestibility of PMo_(12-n)Vn pretreated wheat straw generally decreased with increase in DSV, but xylan enzymatic digestibility generally increased with DSV.PMo_(12) pretreatment of wheat straw at 120℃ obtained the highest enzymatic glucan conversion(EGC) reaching 95%,followed by PMo11V1 pretreatment(85%).Discharging of the reduced heteropolyacids in LFFC showed that vanadium substitution could improve the maximum output power density(Pmax).The highest Pmax was obtained by PMo9 V3(44.7 mW/cm^(2)) when FeCl_(3) was used as a cathode electron carrier,while PMo_(12) achieved the lowest Pmax(27.4 mW/cm^(2)).All the heteropolyacids showed good electrode Faraday efficiency(>95%) and cell discharging efficiency(>93%).The energy efficiency of the coupled process based on the heat values of the products and generated electric energy was in the range of 18%-25% depending on DSV.PMo_(12) and PMo11V1 seem to be the most suitable heteropolyacids to mediate the coupled process.

One-Pot Process of Naphthoquinones Synthesis from Hydroquinone in the Presence of Solutions of Mo-V-P Heteropolyacids as Bifunctional Catalysts

1,4-Naphthoquinones (NQ) is a class of organic compounds with a number of important properties. However, the existing methods of their synthesis either give a low NQ yield or multistage and require a lot of time. In the present work new one-pot process of NQ synthesis from hydroquinone (HQ) and substituted 1,3-dienes at room temperature is proposed. The solution of heteropolyacid H7PMo8V4O40 (HPA-4) is used as a bifunctional (acid and redox) catalyst for this process. The influence of a number of factors on key process parameters has been studied. It is demonstrated that unsubstituted and a number of alkyl substituted NQ with the yields of 50% - 80% and purity of 92% - 99% can be obtained by this method. The results obtained allow to significantly simplify the synthesis of NQ directly from HQ in comparison with the described similar methods.

Efficient synthesis of poly(oxymethylene) dimethyl ethers over PVP-stabilized heteropolyacids through self-assembly

A series of polyvinylpyrrolidone-stabilized heteropolyacids(PVP-HPAs)are generated by self-assembly of HPAs and PVP in methanol.The PVP-HPAs are then employed as catalysts for the synthesis of poly(oxymethylene)dimethyl ethers(DMMn,n1)by the methanolysis of trioxane.The results suggest that the acidity of PVP-HPAs is tunable by changing the ratio of PVP and HPAs,which is a key factor for the selectivity of the DMMn product.By optimizing the composition and reaction conditions,two types of PVP-HPA,PVP-phosphotungstic acid(PVP-HPW)in a PVP/HPW ratio of 1/4:1 and PVP-silicotungstic acid(PVP-HSi W)in a PVP/HSi W ratio of 1/4:3/4,respectively afford 52.4%and 50.3%yields of DMM2–5.The optimized catalysts are reusable for a minimum of 10 times without a significant drop in performance.

A density functional theory study on the mechanism of dimethyl ether carbonylation over heteropolyacids catalyst

Dimethyl ether(DME)carbonylation is considered as a key step for a promising route to produce ethanol from syngas.Heteropolyacids(HPAs)are proved to be efficient catalysts for DME carbonylation.In this work,the reaction mechanism of DME carbonylation was studied theoretically by using density functional theory calculations on two typical HPA models(HPW,HSiW).The whole process consists of three stages:DME dissociative adsorption,insertion of CO into methoxyl group and formation of product methyl acetate.The activation barriers of all possible elementary steps,especially two possible paths for CO insertion were calculated to obtain the most favorable reaction mechanism and rate-limiting step.Furthermore,the effect of the acid strength of Brønsted acid sites on reactivity was studied by comparing the activation barriers over HPW and HSiW with different acid strength,which was determined by calculating the deprotonation energy,Mulliken population analyses and adsorption energies of pyridine.

Synthesis of 3-(aryl)-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives using heteropolyacids as green,heterogeneous and recyclable catalysts

Reaction of isatoic anhydride with aniline derivatives gave 2-amino-N-（aryl）benzamides.The latters reacted with phenyli-sothiocyanate in the presence of heteropolyacids in various solvents which afforded 3-（aryl）-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydroquinazolin- 4（1H）-one derivatives.The effects of various heteropolyacids including Preyssler and Keggin on the yields and reaction times have been investigated.

Heteropolyacids supported on hierarchically macro/mesoporous TiO_(2):efficient catalyst for deep oxidative desulfurization of fuel

The fabrication of polyoxometalates(POMs)-modified TiO_(2)catalysts with connected pore structure has attracted great interests due to its prominent effect on mass transfer and catalytic oxidation activity.Here,we report a series of hierarchically macro/mesoporous(M/m)phosphotungstic acid(HPW)/TiO_(2)composites,which are fabricated by colloidal crystal template method and applied as deep desulfurization catalyst in fuel oil.As-synthesized hierarchical HPW/TiO_(2)composite is interconnected by ordered macroporous channel with disordered mesoporous embedded on pore walls.Moreover,Keggintype HPW is homogeneously dispersed on the TiO_(2)matrix.Hierarchical macro/mesoporous HPW/TiO_(2)shows an excellent catalytic performance,the removal rate for dibenzothiophene in model fuel reaches 99%under the optimum conditions.This high performance of the three-dimensional ordered macropores(3DOM)HPW/TiO_(2)can be attributed to its hierarchically porous which is highly beneficial for the mass transfer during the catalytic process.Moreover,the used catalyst could be regenerated by centrifugation and only slight decreasing of the catalytic activity after five cycles.

A novel catalytic application of heteropolyacids:chemical transformation of major ginsenosides into rare ginsenosides exemplified by Rg1

High performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadruple-time-of-flight mass spectrometry(HPLC-Q-TOF-MS)method was developed for analyzing the hydrolytic mixtures of ginsenoside R_(g1) in acidic conditions(pH 3). Three catalysts, a heteropolyacid(H_4SiW_(12)O_(40), SiW_(12) for short), its complex with γ-CD(SiW_(12)/γ-CD for short) and formic acid, were used for comparison. The chemical transformation products were identified based on the accurate mass measurement and the fragment ions obtained from tandem mass spectrometry. It was concluded that the catalytic efficiency of SiW_(12)(≈SiW_(12)/γ-CD) is ca. 410 times higher than that of formic acid, thus becoming the most efficient catalyst for chemical transformations of ginsenosides.

Nano-porous Composites Based on Liquid： Synthesis, Characterization, Esterification Heteropolyacid Functionalized Ionic and Catalytic Performance in

Fhnctionalized ionic liquid samples （bmim-PW12） were synthesized by 1-butyl-3-methyl- imidazolium bromide （bmimBr） and 12-phosphotungstic heteropolyacid （PW12）. The samples were annealed at 100-450 ℃ and were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, thermal gravity-DTG, brunauer emmett teller, and NHa-temperature programmed desorption. The results showed that the bmim-PW12 samples were crystal and maintained intact Keggin structure. The organic parts of those samples were partly decomposed at a temperature more than 350 ℃. The sample annealed at 400 ℃ exhibited nano-porous structure, strong acidity, and excellent catalytic activity on the esterification of n-butanol with acetic acid. The higher ester yield was obtained when the mass ratio of catalyst over the reactants amount was 5% for bmim-PW12 catalyst annealed at 400 ℃.

Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuel Oil at Room Temperature Catalyzed by Ordered Meso-macroporous HPW/SiO2

A serial of ordered meso-macroporous phosphotungstic acid(HPW) supported on SiO2 nanocomposites were successfully prepared by a homogeneous precipitation method, using monodispersed polystyrene(PS) microspheres and cationic surfactant as structure directing agent. These nanocomposites were used as catalysts for oxidative desulfurization(ODS) of model fuel. The materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), N2 adsorption-desorption isothrem, X-ray diffraction(XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectra(FTIR). The characterization results suggested that the as-prepared material possessed ordered meso-macroporous architectures with Keggin type phosphotungstic acid dispersed homogeneously in SiO2 matrix. Under the selected reaction conditions, dibenzothiophene(DBT) in model fuel can be removed within 2 h at room temperature(30 ℃). In addition, only 1.2% of efficiency lose than the fresh catalyst even after 5 cycles.

Synthesis of 1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthenes utilizing PMA-SiO_2 as an efficient reusable catalyst

PMA-SiO2 has been utilized as an efficient catalyst system in preparation of 1,8-dioxooctahydroxanthenes.

Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol by H_2O_2 over an Inorganic–Organic Dual Modified Heteropolyacid

Various catalysts, including the heteropolyacid(HPA) H4PMo11VO40, its cesium salts, and inorganic–organic dual modified HPA catalyst, were prepared and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance(13C NMR), N2 adsorption, acid–base titration, electron spin resonance(ESR) and X-ray diffraction(XRD) techniques as well as elemental analysis. These prepared catalysts were used in the hydroxylation of benzene to phenol by H2O2 as oxidant. The inorganic–organic dual modified HPA Cs2.5(MIMPS)1.5PMo11VO40, prepared by partially exchanging Cs+with protons in H4PMo11VO40 and followed by the immobilization of 3-(1-methylimidazolium-3-yl)propane-1-sulfonate(MIMPS), led to a liquid–solid biphasic catalysis system in the hydroxylation, which showed the best catalytic performance in terms of reusability and catalytic activity. The high reusability of Cs2.5(MIMPS)1.5PMo11VO40 in the heterogeneous hydroxylation was probably due to its high resistance in leaching of bulk HPA into the reaction medium. The slightly enhanced catalytic activity for the catalyst was due to the acid sites available from MIMPS beneficial to the hydroxylation.

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Organically-templated Tungsten Heteropolyacid with a Microporous Structure

A microporous organically-templated tungsten heteropolyacid, (C2N2H10)2 [H2P2W18O62]?8H2O, with a new type was hydrothermally synthesized by using ethylenediamine as the structure-directing agent. Its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Crystal data: monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 14.633(4), b = 19.432(5), c = 26.776(5) ?, β = 117.849(11)o, V = 6732(3) ?3, Z = 4, Mr = 4615.48, Dc = 4.554 g/cm3, μ(MoKα) = 30.781 mm-1, F(000) = 7976, the final R = 0.0678 and wR = 0.1359. The crystal of the title compound is constructed by Dawson anions and organic dications forming a novel “hollow” channel system.

Preparation and Characterization of Chromium(Ⅲ)-Containing α-and β-Tungstosilicates

Eight new compounds of α- and β- M2H4[SiW16Cr2(OH2)2O ] .xH2O types, where M = K, Me4N, Et4N or n-Bu4N, and 0+6=6,were synthesized from trivacant heteropoly tungstate α-and β-[SiW9O34]10 precursors, and characterized by elemental analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis, IR, UV-visible spectra, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), polarography, magnetic measurements and X-ray powder diffraction. The IR and UV spectra conJEirm that α-and β-[SlW10Cr2(OH2)2O24]6- isomers possess α-and β-Keg-gin structures. The differences between α-and β-isomers in IR, UV spectra and polarography are discussed.

H_3PMo_(12)O_(40) catalyzed three-component one-pot synthesis of 4,6-diarylpyrimidin-2(1H)-ones under solvent-free conditions

4,6-Diarylpyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivatives have been synthesized from three-component one-pot condensation of acetophe-none derivatives,aldehydes and urea in the presence of trimethylsilyl chloride and a catalytic amount of HPMoOunder solvent-free conditions.

Tungstophosphoric heteropolyacid supported onto neutral alumina: characterization and synthesis of acetals and ketals

Tungstophosphoric acid （HPW） catalyst supported on the neural alumina was studied. It was prepared by means of an equilibrium and incipient wetness impregnation technique. Solution of HPW in 50% V/V ethanol-water was used to impregnate Al2O3 at 25℃. It was found that the catalyst containing 30% PW by calcination at 500℃ showed a higher catalytic activity in the synthesis of acetals and/or ketals. In the following condition, that is, the molar ratio of aldehyde/ketone to glycol being 1：1.5, the mass fraction of the catalyst used was 0.5%, and the reaction time was 1.0 h; the yields of ketals and acetals could reach up to 60.5%-86.7%. Moreover, it could be easily recovered and reused.