In Situ IR Spectroscopic Study on the Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene on Fresh Mo_2C/γ-Al_2O_3 Catalyst

The surface species formed from the adsorption of 1,3-butadiene and 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation over the fresh Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was studied by in situ IR spectroscopy. It is found that 1,3-butadiene adsorption on the Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst mainly forms π-adsorbed butadiene(πs and πd) and σ-bonded surface species. These species are adsorbed mainly on the surface Moδ+(0<δ<2) sites as evidenced by co-adsorption of 1,3-butadiene and CO on the fresh Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst. The IR spectrometric analysis show that hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene over fresh Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst produces mainly butane coupled with a small portion of butene. The selectivity of butene during the hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene over fresh Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst might be explained by the adsorption mode of adsorbed 1,3-butadiene. Additionally, the active sites of the fresh Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst may be covered by coke during the hydrogenation reaction of 1,3-butadiene. The treatment with hydrogen at 673 K cannot remove the coke deposits from the surface of the Mo2C/γ-Al2O3 catalyst.

Theoretical calculation of rate constants for the thermal isomerization from 1,2-butadiene to 1,3-butadiene

Ab initio electronic structure calculations at 6-31G** level were performed to determine the mechanism of the isomerization reaction from 1, 2-butadiene to 1, 3-butadiene. The MP2 method was used to improve the barrier energies of the reaction. The calculation results show that the reaction is a stepwise process via a radical INT; the barrier energies determined forTS1 and TS2 at UMP2/6-31G**//UHF/6-31G**+ZPE level are 64.95×4.184 and 64.10×4.184 kJ/mol, respectively. Based on the unified statistical theory, the thermal rate constants for the present complex reaction mechanism were computed over the termperature range 1100–1600 K. The computed thermal rate constants for the reaction are well represented by the following Arrhenius expression:k(T) = 2.4×1013 exp (- 62.8 kJ/RT) s-l. The theoretical investigations are found to be in quantitative agreement with the experimental results.

Azo-coupling Decarboxylation Reaction of α-Carboxy Ketene Dithioacetals in Water-a New Route to 1,2-Diaza-1,3-butadienes

Under basic conditions, a series of 4,4-dialkylthio-l,2-diaza-l,3-butadienes were synthesized in good to excellent yields via a novel azo-coupling decarboxylation reaction by reacting a-carboxyl ketene dithioacetals with aryldiazonium salts in aqueous medium.

Synthesis of 5-vinyl-2-norbornene through Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with 1,3-butadiene in supercritical carbon dioxide

An efficient method for the synthesis of 5-vinyl-2-norbornene from cyclopentadiene and 1,3-butadiene was developed.The Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with 1,3-butadiene proceeded smoothly in supercritical carbon dioxide in the absence of any polymerization inhibitor to produce the corresponding5-vinyl-2-norbornene in satisfactory yield with high selectivity.

Efficient Synthesis of Triarylamines Catalyzed by Copper(I)Diazabutadiene Complexes

Cuprous chloride was coordinated by diazabutadiene(DAB-R)ligands to form Cu(I)-(DAB-R)complexes,most of which have a 1∶1 ratio of Cu to DAB-R as reported.In the case of a special DAB-iPP,N,N'-bis(2,6-diiso-propylphenyl)-1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene,an unexpected composition of complex was found with the formula Cu(I)Cl(DAB)_(2).When employed as catalyst for triarylamine synthesis from the coupling of aryl halides with pri-mary and secondary arylamines,the new Cu(I)-(DAB-iPP)complex displayed high efficiency.