Atomically Adjustable Rhodium Catalyst Synthesis with Outstanding Mass Activity via Surface-Li mi ted Cation Exchange

Rh has been widely studied as a catalyst for the promising hydrazine oxidation reaction that can replace oxygen evolution reactions for boosting hydrogen production from hydrazine-containing wastewater.Despite Rh being expensive,only a few studies have examined its electrocatalytic mass activity.Herein,surface-limited cation exchange and electrochemical activation processes are designed to remarkably enhance the mass activity of Rh.Rh atoms were readily replaced at the Ni sites on the surface of NiOOH electrodes by cation exchange,and the resulting RhOOH compounds were activated by the electrochemical reduction process.The cation exchange-derived Rh catalysts exhibited particle sizes not exceeding 2 nm without agglomeration,indicating a decrease in the number of inactive inner Rh atoms.Consequently,an improved mass activity of 30 A mg_(Rh)^(-1)was achieved at 0.4 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode.Furthermore,the two-electrode system employing the same CE-derived Rh electrodes achieved overall hydrazine splitting over 36 h at a stable low voltage.The proposed surface-limited CE process is an effective method for reducing inactive atoms of expensive noble metal catalysts.

Rhodium Catalyzed [2π + 2π + 2π]-Cycloaddition of Alkynyl-Ynamides and Carbon Disulfide to Indolo-Thiopyrane Thiones

The synthesis of new indoloannulated thiopyranethiones is reported. The key-step is a rhodium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2]-cycloaddition of alkynyl-ynamides with carbon disulfide to close the pyrrole and the thiopyranethione rings simultaneously. A violet idolothiopyrane thione or a mixture of the violet and a red isomer result from [RhCl(C8H14)2]2/3BINAP catalyzed cycloadditions, the regiochemistry is controlled by the substitution pattern on the alkynyl-ynamide.

Hydrosilylation of olefins over rhodium complex anchored over thioether-functionalized MCM-41

The hydrosilylation of alkenes with triethoxysilane has been achieved at 120 C in the presence of 0.01 mol%of thioetherfunctionalized MCM-41 anchored rhodium complex,affording the corresponding addition products in 68-91%yields.This supported rhodium complex can be reused several times without noticeable loss of activity.Our system not only solves the basic problems of catalyst separation and recovery,but also avoids the use of phosphine ligands.

Study on the Recovery of Rhodium from Spent Organic Rhodium Catalysts of Acetic Acid Industry Using Pyrometallurgical Process

A new process recycling rhodium from organic waste containing rhodium in acetic acid industry is developed. Use the special affinity of base metal sulfides (FeS, Ni2S3 , CuS, etc.) on platinum group metals, adopting high nickel matte trapping-aluminothermic activation method to recovery rhodium from incinerator residue of organic rhodium waste. The method is shorter process, lower equipment requirement, and the higher activity of rhodium black. In pyrometallurgy enrichment process,the recovery rate of rhodium reached 94.65%, the full flow of rhodium recovery rate was 92.04%.

Perfection of Perovskite Grain Boundary Passivation by Rhodium Incorporation for Efficient and Stable Solar Cells

Organic cation and halide anion defects are omnipresent in the perovskite films,which will destroy perovskite electronic structure and downgrade the properties of devices.Defect passivation in halide perovskites is crucial to the application of solar cells.Herein,tiny amounts of trivalent rhodium ion incorporation can help the nucleation of perovskite grain and passivate the defects in the grain boundaries,which can improve efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells.Through first-principle calculations,rhodium ion incorporation into the perovskite structure can induce ordered arrangement and tune bandgap.In experiment,rhodium ion incorporation with perovskite can contribute to preparing larger crystalline and uniform film,reducing trap-state density and enlarging charge carrier lifetime.After optimizing the content of 1% rhodium,the devices achieved an efficiency up to 20.71% without obvious hysteresis,from 19.09% of that pristine perovskite.In addition,the unencapsulated solar cells maintain 92% of its initial efficiency after 500 h in dry air.This work highlights the advantages of trivalent rhodium ion incorporation in the characteristics of perovskite solar cells,which will promote the future industrial application.

Rhodium-catalyzed selective[2+2+2]cyclizations of 1,6-diynes with monoynes leading to isoindolines and isobenzofurans

A highly efficient and selective[2+2+2]cyclization of diynes and monoalkynes was catalyzed by rhodium under room temperature in water/THF mixed solvent,affording isoindolines and isobenzofurans in good to excellent yields.The center atoms (N,O) in the diynes showed a significant effect for the cyclization.

Methane oxidative carbonylation catalyzed by rhodium chalcogen halides over carbon supports

Gas phase carbonylation of methane is studied in the presence of molecular oxygen over pure carbon carriers and carbon supported rhodium chalcogen halides. Activated carbons and fullerene blacks have been used as carbon supports. XPS and IR-spectroscopy data show the formation of rhodium chalcogen halides in solids prepared by different methods. We have found that the productivity of acetic acid by carbon supported rhodium chalcogen halides depends strongly on the carbon carrier and the method of the catalyst preparation. Namely, the catalyst with highest productivity for the acetic acid is prepared by synthesizing the rhodium chalcogen halide over the carbon support followed by thermal destruction. We have also found that rhodium chalcogen halides over activated carbons are more active compared with fullerene supported catalysts.

Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation Using Rhodium Diphosphinites Derived From D-glucose and D-mannitol

Three diphosphinites were synthesized for preparing rhodium-diphosphinite complexes. The complexes were used for asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation of amino acid precursor alpha-acetamidocinnamic acid and its methyl ester. With all complexes, D-amino acid is the most abundant product.

Synthesis of palladium-rhodium bimetallic nanoparticles for formic acid dehydrogenation

Herein,we report for the first time the synthesis of preformed bimetallic Pd-Rh nanoparticles with different Pd:Rh ratios(nominal molar ratio:80-20,60-40,40-60,20-80) and the corresponding Pd and Rh monometallic ones by sol immobilization using polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) as protecting agent and NaBH4 as reducing agent,using carbon nanofibers with high graphitization degree(HHT) as the desired support.The synthesized catalysts were characterized by means of Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy(ICP-OES).TEM shows that the average particle size of the Pd-Rh nanoparticles is the range of 3-4 nm,with the presence of few large agglomerated nanoparticles.For bimetallic catalysts,EDX-STEM analysis of individual nanoparticles demonstrated the presence of random-alloyed nanoparticles even in all cases Rh content is lower than the nominal one(calculated Pd:Rh molar ratio:90-10,69-31,49-51,40-60).The catalytic performance of the Pd-Rh catalysts was evaluated in the liquid phase dehydrogenation of formic acid to H2.It was found that Pd-Rh molar ratio strongly influences the catalytic performance.Pd-rich catalysts were more active than Rh-rich ones,with the highest activity observed for Pd90:Rh10(1792 h^(-1)),whereas Pd69:Rh31(921 h^(-1)) resulted the most stable during recycling tests.Finally,Pd90:Rh10 was chosen as a representative sample for the liquid-phase hydrogenation of muconic acid using formic acid as hydrogen donor,showing good yield to adipic acid.

Regio-and Diasteroselectivity of Rhodium-catalyzed Ring Opening Reaction of Oxabenzonorbornadienes with Heteroatom Nucleophiles

A new rhodium catalyzed ring opening reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes and its derivatives was described. This reaction forms a new carbon-nitrogen bond via an intermolecular allylic displacement of the bridgehead oxygen with a piperazine's derivatives, which proceeds with very high regioselectivity.

New insight into the adsorption of ruthenium,rhodium,and palladium from nitric acid solution by a silica-polymer adsorbent

A porous silica-polymer-based adsorbent,isoBuBTP/Si O2-P,was prepared by a vacuum impregnation method and used for the recovery of ruthenium,rhodium,and palladium from nitric acid solution.The experimental results revealed that iso Bu-BTP/SiO2-P exhibited unique adsorption properties such as high saturation adsorption capacity(Ru:0.35 mmol g^-1,Rh:0.32 mmol g^-1,Pd:1.05 mmol g^-1)and excellent selectivity over other metal ions,such as lanthanides(SF(PGM/M)>40)in 1 M HNO3 solution.The adsorption process conformed to the pseudosecond-order model and Langmuir model.From the UV,FTIR,and XPS analyses,it can be concluded that the strong affinity between functional groups(C–N=C)and metal ions as well as NO3-played a role in coordination during the adsorption process.Furthermore,the desorption behavior was studied,and it was found that the adsorbed Pd,Rh,and Ru could be eluted with a 0.01 M nitric acid–0.1M thiocarbamide solution,5M hydrochloric acid,and sodium hypochlorite(CP)solution,respectively.Finally,based on those findings,a simple process for the separation and recovery of Pd,Rh,and Ru from high-level liquid waste using iso Bu-BTP/SiO2-P was designed and proposed.

Mechanistic Investigation on Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of 2-Vinylphenol Derivatives with Ethyne or Carbon Monoxide by DFT Study

Rhodium-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction was calculated by density functional theory M06-2X method to directly synthesize benzoxepine and coumarin derivatives.In this work,we conducted a computational study of two competitive mechanisms in which the carbon atom of acetylene or carbon monoxide attacked and inserted from two different directions of the six-membered ring reactant to clarify the principle characteristics of this transformation.The calculation results reveal that:(i)the insertion process of alkyne or carbon monoxide is the key step of the reaction;(ii)for the(5+2)cycloaddition reaction of acetylene,higher energy is required to break the Rh−O bond of the reactant,and the reaction tends to complete the insertion from the side of the Rh−C bond;(iii)for the(5+1)cycloaddition of carbon monoxide,both reaction paths have lower activation free energy,and the two will generate a competition mechanism.

Separation and Determination of Cobalt, Rhodium,Nickel and Iridium with 2-(6-Methyl-2-Benzothiazolylazo)-5-Diethylamino Phenol by HPLC

The synthesis and spectrophotometric properties of 2-(6-methyl-2-benzothiazolylazo)-5-diethylamino phenol (MBTAE), and the use of it as a precolumn derivatizing reagent to separate Co(Ⅱ), Ni(Ⅱ), Rh(Ⅲ) and Ir( Ⅳ) complexes by HPLC are discussed. When the mobile phase consists of methanol/water(90/10 Ⅴ/Ⅴ), acetate buffer with pH 4. 0 and 5×10-5 mol/L EDTA solution, the four complexes Can be separated within 9 min on ODS column. The detection limits (20 μL sample size) are 0. 059 ppb, 0. 062 ppb, 0. 053 ppb and 0. 049 ppb for Co(Ⅱ) , Rh(Ⅲ), Ni(Ⅱ) and lr(Ⅳ) respectively at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3.

Aqueous Biphasic Hydroformylation of Oleyl Alcohol Catalyzed by Thermoregulated Rhodium Complex

The aqueous biphasic hydroformylation of oleyl alcohol was achieved under thermo-regulated phase transfer catalysis (TRPTC) conditions with Rh(acac)(CO)2 Ph2P[p-C6H4 (OCH2CH2)25OH] (PETPP) complex catalyst formed in situ. The aldehyde yield reached 81.2% within 6 hrs under 140℃ and 5.0 MPa (CO/H2,1/1) and the separated catalysts dissolved in the aqueous phase could be reused for 3 times without evident changes in activity.

SYNTHESIS AND CATALYTIC HYDROSILYLATION PROPERTY OF POLYSILOXANE-SUPPORTED MERCAPTOSELENAETHER PLATINUM OR RHODIUM COMPLEX

Silica-bound mercaptoselenaether-containing silsesquioxane and its platinum or rhodium complex were synthesized from gamma-(2,3-epithiopropyl) propyltrimethoxysilane via ring-opening reaction with bis(2-hydroxyethyl) selenide, followed by hydrolysis and immobilization on fumed silica, and then reacting with potassium chloroplatinite or rhodium chloride in acetone under nitrogen atmosphere. It was found that two noble metal complexes can catalyze the hydrosilylation of olefins with triethoxysilane effectively. The influences of temperature, the amount of complex used, the nature of olefin on catalytic activity were investigated.

The Performance of Rhodium Complex-diphosphine Systems in the Hydroformylation of 1-Dodecene

The catalytic performances of four HRh(CO)(PPh3)3-diphosphine (BISBI,BDPX, BDNA and BINAP) systems in 1-dodecene hydroformylation were investigated and compared with HRh(CO)(PPh3)3-PPh3 system. The catalyst system HRh(CO)(PPh3)3-BISBI exhibited very high regioselectivity for the formation of linear aldehyde.

A New Indicator Reaction and Its Application-Catalytic Determination of Ultratrace Amounts of Rhodium with Linear Sweep Voltammetry

Introduction Sensitive linear sweep voltammetry to have been applied to the catalytic kinetic analysis may be helpful for the application of some organic reagents to the analysis of inorganic ones by voltammetry, The catalytic reaction-linear sweep voltammetric method for the determination of noble metals, such as Ag, Os, Ru and Ir has been developed, but no report about the method for the determination of rhodium has been published so far.

Platinum/rhodium Alloy Bushing for Drawing Glass Fibers in Centrifugal-spinneret-blow Process

In this paper,glass fibers were prepared by centrifugal-spinneret-blow(CSB) process.The molten glass got different flow rate from 390 kg/h to 270 kg/h by adjusting the electric current of platinum/10 rhodium alloy bushing.The diameter and microstructure of glass fibers have been investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and vertical optical microscope(VOM).The results indicated that the flow rate of molten glass was proportional to the diameter of glass fibers when the molten glass got main flow rate of 330 kg/h.The lower the flow rate was,the finer the average diameter was.

Hydroaminomethylation of 1-Dodecene Catalyzed by Water-soluble Rhodium Complex

The hydroaminomethylation of 1-dodecene catalyzed by water soluble rhodium complex RhCl(CO)(TPPTS)2 in the presence of surfactant CTAB was investigated. High reactivity and selectivity for tertiary amine were achieved under relatively mild conditions.

Catalytic perfomance of rhodium chalcogen halides and rhodium chalcogenides over silica supports in methane oxidative carbonylation

The gas phase methane oxidative carbonylation was studied in the presence of molecular oxygen over silica materials including their mechanical mixtures with rhodium chalcogen chlorides obtained in non-aqueous inorganic media. The formation of Rh4SCl7, Rh4S9Cl2, Rh4SesCl3 and Rh3Se3Cl solids was confirmed by elemental analysis, IR absorption spectroscopy, XPS and X-ray diffraction. Silica, vanadium-, and molybdenum-containing mesoporous molecular sieves have been used as supports. It was found that productivity of oxygenates （methanol, methyl acetate and acetic acid） depends mainly on the method of the catalyst preparation and the type of the support.