Steam reforming of acetic acid over Ni-Ba/Al2O3 catalysts:Impacts of barium addition on coking behaviors and formation of reaction intermediates

The influence of barium addition to a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst on the reaction intermediates formed,the activity,resistance of the catalyst to coking,and properties of the coke formed after acetic acid steam reforming were investigated in this study.The results showed the drastic effects of barium addition on the physicochemical properties and performances of the catalyst.The solid-phase reaction between alumina and BaO formed BaAl2O4,which re-constructed the alumina structure,resulting in a decrease in the specific surface area and an increase in the resistance of metallic Ni to sintering.The addition of barium was also beneficial for enhancing the catalytic activity,resulting from the changed catalytic reaction network.The in-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) study of the acetic acid steam reforming indicated that barium could effectively suppress the accumulation of the reaction intermediates of carbonyl,formate,and C=C functional groups on the catalyst surface,attributed to its relatively high ability to cause the gasification of these species.In addition,coking was considerably more significant over the Ba-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst.Moreover,the Ba-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst was more stable than the Ni/Al2O3catalyst,owing to the distinct forms of coke formed (carbon nanotube form over the Ba-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst,and the amorphous form over the Ni/Al2O3 catalyst).

Thiazolidine Derivatives as Chiral Catalysts in the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Benzaldehyde

Four types of chiral thiazolidine derivatives were synthesized conveniently from natural L-cysteine and showed good enantioselectivity in up to 90% ee in the addition of diethylzine to benzaldehyde. Their enantioselectivity was affected by the bulkiness of R and the thiazolidine ring systems in their molecules.

Simultaneous Oxidization of NO_x and SO_2 by a New Non-thermal Plasma Reactor Enhanced by Catalyst and Additive

The non-thermal plasma as one of the most promising technologies for removing NOx and SO2 has attrm^ted much attention. In this study, a new plasma reactor combined with catalyst and additive was developed to effectively oxidize and remove NOx and SO2 in the flue gas. The experimental results showed that TiO2 could improve the oxidation efficiency of SO2 in the case of applying plasma while having a negative effect on the oxidation process of NO and NOx. With the addition of NH3, the oxidation rates of NOx, NO and SO2 were slightly increased. However, the effect of adding NH3 on NOx oxidation was negative when the temperature was above 200℃.

Effects of Catalyst and Additive Containing Li, Na, or Ca on Reduction of Iron Oxide/Carbon Composite Pellets

The catalyst containing 0.69% (mass fraction) of Li+, Na+, or Ca2+ were synthesized, and the catalytic effect on the reduction of iron oxide/carbon composite pellets were investigated by comparing with that of additive at 850 degreesC. The effect of the catalyst was greater than that of the additive, it can be considered that catalyst promoted the formation of iron nucleus early on reduction processes of iron oxide/carbon composite pellets. In addition, both effects of catalyst and additive increased after added carbon powder into the pellets, but the extent of increase decreased when the carbon powder exceeded a suitable content (about 4%), this amount is less than that of carbon needed theoretically on the reduction from hematite to iron.

High Diastereoselectivity in the Conjugate Addition of Functionalized Alcohols to a Chiral(E)-Nitroalkene

Modest to high diastereoselectivites have been observed in the conjugate addition of functionalized alcohols to chiral (E)-nitroalkene 1 depending on the presence of metal catalysts at low tempertwre. The resultS indicated that the anti-form had been preferred in all cases.

Selective Oxidation of n-Butane over VPO Catalyst Modified by Different Additives

A series of vanadyl pyrophosphate catalyst （VPO） modified by different additives have been prepared with the aim to study the performance for selective conversion of n-butane to maleic anhydride（MA）. The addition of various promoters improved the catalytic performance remarkably on both activity and selectivity. The correlation of activity and selectivity of the catalysts with their structure has been discussed. The increase in BET surface areas and surface redox sites leads to an enhanced activity. However, good selectivity can only be obtained on those surfaces with suitable surface acid sites.

INFLUENCE OF MOLYBDENUM ADDITIVE ONTO THE Co/CuLaZr CATALYSTS

The alcohol synthesis with a good proportion of higher alcohols was studied over promoted Co/CuLaZr catalysts. the molybdenum addition improved greatly the performance. The results of probe molecule tests could be used to explain the effects.

Additive Fine-Line Circuit Process through Catalyst Induced Copper Electroless Plating

To response the demand for fine line in electronic products,additive manufacturing process integrated printing techniques and deposited methods to reach fine line circuit,with the merits of reduced material wastage,low fabrication costs,and mass production advantage capability.Recently,we have developed additive process in fabricating circuit on flexible substrate through catalyst induced copper electroless deposition(ELD)method.The additive processes that integrated printing,activation,and metallization were applied to produce fine-line circuit with 5μm line width.The sample with ultraviolet(UV)activation shows better conductive property in comparison with the sample without activation after electroless deposited process.Accordingly,the results indicated that the reaction of catalyst induced electroless copper plating strongly depends on UV activation.The fine-line circuit exhibits a narrow line width circuit(around 5μm),lower resistance(6.2μΩ·cm),and mass production with low pollution in comparison with lithographic processes(with photoresist and acid pollution)with a high throughput system(R2R system)for the applications of double side flexible printed circuit board(FPCB).

Asymmetric Nucleophilic Additions Promoted by Quaternary Phosphonium Ion-Pair Catalysts

Chiral quaternary phosphonium ion-pair catalysis showcases a distinctive catalytic and stereoinductive mode arising from the synergy between ionic and noncovalent interactions.Over recent decades,this methodology has been widely adopted to facilitate enantioselective nucleophilic addition reactions,including conjugate addition,Henry reaction,Mannich reaction,Strecker reaction,and hydrophosphonylation.This strategy has been successfully applied to the synthesis of numerous structurally diverse and multifunctionalized molecules,featuring challenging stereogenic centers.This minireview specifically highlights the accomplishments in asymmetric nucleophilic addition facilitated by chiral quaternary phosphonium catalysts.Its purpose is to cultivate interest among researchers,encouraging more engagement in this field and establishing quaternary phosphonium ion-pair catalysis as a potent and dependable tool for synthetic and pharmaceutical chemists.

High-yield production of 2,5-dimethylfuran from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over carbon supported Ni–Co bimetallic catalyst

The catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) has attracted extensive research interests because DMF can be used as potential and competitive renewable transportation fuel or additives. Here we report a non-noble bimetallic catalyst with improved activity for hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis by introducing active carbon as support into a nickel–cobalt catalyst. The characterizations of the catalyst indicate that the Ni and Co species are uniformly dispersed on the active carbon through the wetness impregnation method. The influences of reaction temperature and hydrogen pressure are systematically investigated and an excellent yield (up to 95%) of DMF can be obtained at relatively mild conditions, 130 °C and 1 MPa H2, over the carbon supported Ni–Co bimetallic catalyst. The high catalytic activity originates from the synergistic effect between Ni and CoOxspecies, the high BET surface area of the catalyst, and the uniform dispersion of Ni and Co species on the active carbon. The catalyst could be reused for 5 times without loss of activity in a batch reactor. Futhermore, the conversion of HMF to DMF on a fixed-bed reactor was also investigated and the 2%Ni–20%Co/C catalyst exhibited an excellent yield to DMF (>90%) for 71 h time on stream, indicating the high activity and stability of the catalyst. © 2016 Science Press

Carbon dioxide reforming of methane on monolithic Ni/Al_2O_3-based catalysts

Nickel-alumina catalysts supported on cordierite monoliths of honeycomb structure surpass essentially the conventional granulated ones with respect to the output in carbon dioxide reforming of methane. Adjusting the surface acid-base properties of catalysts by introduction of alkali metal （Na, K） oxides inhibits the carbonization and as a result, improves the operational stability of these catalysts. An effect of promotion of nickel-alumina based composite doped by lanthanum oxide is found. This effect, caused by an additional route for the CO2 activation on Ni-La2O3/Al2O3/cordierite catalyst, is displayed in increase of methane conversion under conditions of an oxidant excess.

Modeling and optimization of methane dry reforming over Ni-Cu/Al_2O_3 catalyst using Box-Behnken design

In this work the effects of the contents of nickel （5, 7.5, 10 wt%） and copper （0, 1, 2 wt%） and reac- tion temperature （650, 700, 750 ℃） on the catalytic performance of Ni-Cu/Al_2O_3 catalyst in methane dry reforming were evaluated using Box-Behnken design in order to optimize methane conversion, H_2/CO ratio and the catalyst deactivation. Different catalysts were prepared by co-impregnation method and characterized by XRD, BET, H_2-TPR, FESEM and TG/DTA analyses. The results revealed that copper addi- tion improved the catalyst reducibility. Promoted catalyst with low amounts of Cu gave higher activity and stability with high resistance to coke deposition and agglomeration of active phase especially during the reaction. However catalysts with high amounts of Cu were less active and rather deactivated due to the active sites sintering as well as Ni covering by Cu-enriched phase. The optimal conditions were de- termined by desirability function approach as 10 wt% of Ni, 0.83 wt% of Cu at 750℃. CH_4 conversion of 95.1%, H_2/CO ratio of 1 and deactivation of 1.4% were obtained experimentally under optimum conditions, which were in close agreement with the values oredicted hv the developed model.

Effect of Aminoaromatic Acids as Additives on the Activity and Selectivity of the Platinum-catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Alkenes

A series of aromatic acids has been tested as additives for the platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation of styrene with triethoxysilane. Both excellent conversion of styrene and selectivity in favor of the ,β-adduct were achieved using aminobenzoic acids as additive. Moreover, the use of 4-aminobenzoic acid led to significantly superior enhancement in both catalytic activity and selectivity among the tested aminobenzoic acids. Indeed, 100% conversion of styrene and 98.4% selectivity in favor of the β-adduct were obtained. Additionally, hydrosilylations of various alkenes with a variety of platinum catalysts have also been tested, and in each case the conversion of substrate and the selectivity of the β-adduct were promoted by using 4-aminobenzoic acid as additive.

Simultaneous operation of dibenzothiophene hydrodesulfurization and methanol reforming reactions over Pd promoted alumina based catalysts

In the current study simultaneous reactions of hydrodesulfurization(HDS) of dibenzothiophene(DBT) and reforming of methanol in a micro-autoclave reactor were studied over bi-metallic(Co-Mo/Al2O3 and Ni-Mo/Al2O3) and tri-metallic(Pd-Co-Mo/Al2O3 and Pd-Ni-Mo/Al2O3) catalyst systems which were prepared by incipient impregnation method.In situ hydrogen utilization and low Pd loadings were the major targets of this study.For comparison purpose,catalytic activity was separately determined for both the methanol reforming and HDS of DBT reactions as well.Ni based catalysts were confirmed with better activity than Co ones for both the reactions with Pd promoted ones ranking at the top i.e.Pd-Ni-Mo/Al2O3 > Ni-Mo/Al2O3 > Pd-Co-Mo/Al2O3 > Co-Mo/Al2O3 where Pd-Ni-Mo/Al2O3 showed 91% DBT conversion at 380 ℃ and 12 h reaction time.Some of the selected organic additives on catalytic activity were tested for their effect toward HDS reaction which was unique with close relation to their chemical nature.Reaction products were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed via HPLC and GC-MS techniques respectively which helped in elucidating reaction mechanism.

Gold Catalysts Supported on Crystalline Fe_2O_3 and CeO_2/Fe_2O_3 for Low-temperature CO Oxidation

High active and stable gold catalysts supported on crystalline Fe203 and CeO2/Fe2O3 were prepared via the deposition-precipitation method. The catalyst with a Au load of 1.0% calcined at 180 ℃ showed a CO conversion of 100% at -8.9℃, while Au/CeO2/Fe2O3 converted CO completely at -16.1 ℃. Even having been calcined at 500 ℃, Au/Fe2O3 still exhibited significant catalytic activity, achieving full conversion of CO at 61.6℃. The catalyst with a low Au load of 0.5% could convert CO completely at room temperature and kept the activity unchanged for at least 150 h. N2 adsorption-desorption measurements show that the crystalline supports possessed a high specific surface area of about 200 m2/g. Characterizations of X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy indicate that gold species were highly dispersed as nano or sub-nano particles on the supports. Even after the catalyst was calcined at 500 ℃, the Au particles remained in a nano-size of about 6--10 nm. X-ray photoelectron spectra reveal that the supported Au existed in metallic state Au0. The modification of Au/Fe2O3 by CeO2 proved to be beneficial to the inhibition of crystallization of Fe2O3 and the stabilization of gold particles in dispersed state, consequently promoting catalytic activity.

有序介孔炭负载Pt-MoO_(x)催化剂的制备及其催化甲基环己烷脱氢性能

以有序介孔炭(CMK-3)作为载体,采用原子层沉积技术制备出催化剂y Pt CMK-3及MoO_(x)助剂调控催化剂y Pt-z MoO_(x)CMK-3(y、z分别为Pt和MoO_(x)的沉积循环次数),研究了沉积循环次数对Pt金属分散度和催化剂甲基环己烷脱氢性能的影响。结果表明,适中的Pt分散度和适量原子级分散的MoO_(x)助剂能显著提升Pt基催化剂的性能。与10Pt CMK-3相比,10Pt-1MoO_(x)CMK-3催化剂上的脱氢速率(单位时间内单位质量Pt产生H_(2)的物质的量)从79.02 mol(g·h)提高至97.88 mol(g·h),甲基环己烷转化率由71%提高到91%。MoO_(x)助剂加入对Pt颗粒分散度影响较小,主要提高了Pt表面电子密度,降低了催化剂的起活温度。此外,MoO_(x)助剂还通过氢溢流促进H_(2)在催化剂表面的脱附,从而提高H_(2)产率。

g-C_(3)N_(4)锚定Cu(Ⅰ)高选择性催化CCl_(4)合成2,4,4,4-四氯丁腈

以尿素和Cu(NO_(3))_(2)·3H_(2)O为前体,采用热缩合法制备了不同Cu负载量的氮化碳(g-C_(3)N_(4))基催化剂Cu/CNn(n=1、2、3),采用X射线衍射仪、傅里叶变换红外光谱、X射线光电子能谱、比表面积测试、扫描电子显微镜及透射电子显微镜对其结构和形貌进行了表征,比较了不同Cu负载量的Cu/CNn催化CCl_(4)与丙烯腈(AN)的原子转移自由基加成(ATRA)反应合成2,4,4,4-四氯丁腈(TBN)的催化性能。结果表明,Cu/CN1呈现优异的催化性能,以乙腈(MeCN)为溶剂,n(Cu/CN1)∶n(AN)=1∶1000,120℃反应12h,TBN的选择性可达96.5%,产率可达83.3%,Cu/CN作为多相催化剂,经过滤处理便可重复利用,使用7次其催化活性仍能稳定保持。基于相关的实验结果,提出了Cu/CN催化CCl_(4)和AN的ATRA反应的氧化-还原循环机理。实验结果揭示了Cu与g-C_(3)N_(4)载体的协同作用机制,为CCl_(4)深加工开发高效的催化体系提供了新的思路。

助剂对球形Cu/SiO_(2)催化剂甲醇脱氢制甲酸甲酯反应性能的影响

甲醇脱氢制甲酸甲酯是实现甲醇下游产品多元化利用的绿色高效途径,使用助剂对SiO_(2)催化剂进行改性已成为提高目标产物甲酸甲酯收率的有效策略。首先通过溶胶-凝胶法制备了球形SiO_(2)负载Cu催化剂(Cu/SiO_(2)),然后采用旋蒸法引入助剂制得CuM/SiO_(2)(M=Ce或Al)催化剂,借助N2吸/脱附、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、H_(2)-N_(2)O滴定和X射线衍射(XRD)等手段对催化剂进行了表征,并将催化剂用于甲醇脱氢制甲酸甲酯反应评价了其催化性能。结果表明,助剂可改变催化剂中活性Cu^(0)物种的含量和表面酸碱性。与Cu/SiO_(2)催化剂相比,CuCe/SiO_(2)催化剂表面Cu颗粒的分散度提高,这促进了活性物种Cu^(0)的形成,同时表面碱性位点减少,抑制了副反应发生,因而CuCe/SiO_(2)催化剂表现出最高的活性。在300℃、0.2 MPa的反应条件下,CuCe/SiO_(2)催化剂的甲醇转化率、甲酸甲酯选择性分别为29.2%、86.3%,甲酸甲酯收率为25.2%,均明显优于文献报道的Cu基催化剂。

硅氢加成反应用均相铂催化剂研究进展

有机硅化合物和以其为基础的有机硅材料兼备了无机材料和有机材料的独特结构和性能,在国防军工、工农业生产、高新技术、医药卫生和日常生活中均有着重要的应用。硅氢加成反应是有机硅化学反应中最重要的反应类型之一。本文综述了硅氢加成反应用铂(Pt)催化剂的Chalk-Harrod机理及其修正机理的研究动向及发展现状,进一步对铂(Pt)催化剂,如Speier催化剂、Karstedt催化剂、其他铂(Pt)配合物催化剂等均相催化剂的研究进展及优缺点进行了评述,展望了硅氢加成反应中均相铂催化剂的发展方向。

人工Cu-TM1459金属酶催化不对称迈克尔加成反应

不对称迈克尔加成反应是合成手性化合物的重要反应,手性的构建一般由传统手性金属络合物催化完成,催化剂结构复杂,制备困难。人工金属酶可以利用生物大分子替代过渡金属手性催化剂,成为研究的热点。使用TM1459蛋白质支架,在原有的金属结合基序上理性引入两个组氨酸和一个羧酸盐面部三联基序,配位Cu2+,制备了人工Cu-TM1459金属酶。将其用于催化不对称迈克尔加成反应研究,Cu-H52A/H58E变体金属酶具有中等反应活性和较高对映选择性(e.e.值达58%)。进一步通过分子对接和催化机理研究对金属结合位点附近关键残基进行定点突变,I108A/C106V/K24E突变体催化该反应,产率99%,e.e.值93%。