Despite the current global economic woes, textile machinery makers re-main confident about the long-term prospects of the textile industry in Asia, es-pecially China. They have given the show owners of
Gold catalysts have been reported as highly effective catalysts in various oxidation reactions.However,for chemoselective hydrogenation reactions,gold‐based catalysts normally show much lowercatalytic activity than p...Gold catalysts have been reported as highly effective catalysts in various oxidation reactions.However,for chemoselective hydrogenation reactions,gold‐based catalysts normally show much lowercatalytic activity than platinum group metals,even though their selectivities are excellent.Here,wereport that the chemoselective hydrogenation activity of 3‐nitrostyrene to 3‐vinylaniline overAu/TiO_(2)can be enhanced up to 3.3 times through the hydrogen reduction strategy.It is revealedthat strong metal‐support interaction,between gold nanoparticles(NPs)and TiO_(2)support,is introducedthrough hydrogen reduction,resulting in partial dispersion of reduced TiOx on the Au surface.The partially covered Au not only increases the perimeter of the interface between the gold NPs andthe support,but also benefits H_(2)activation.Reaction kinetic analysis and H_(2)‐D2 exchange reactionshow that H_(2)activation is the critical step in the hydrogenation of 3‐nitrostyrene to 3‐vinylaniline.Density functional theory calculations verify that hydrogen dissociation and hydrogen transfer arefavored at the interface of gold NPs and TiO_(2)over the hydrogen‐reduced Au/TiO_(2).This study providesinsights for fabricating highly active gold‐based catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenationreactions.展开更多
文摘Despite the current global economic woes, textile machinery makers re-main confident about the long-term prospects of the textile industry in Asia, es-pecially China. They have given the show owners of
文摘Gold catalysts have been reported as highly effective catalysts in various oxidation reactions.However,for chemoselective hydrogenation reactions,gold‐based catalysts normally show much lowercatalytic activity than platinum group metals,even though their selectivities are excellent.Here,wereport that the chemoselective hydrogenation activity of 3‐nitrostyrene to 3‐vinylaniline overAu/TiO_(2)can be enhanced up to 3.3 times through the hydrogen reduction strategy.It is revealedthat strong metal‐support interaction,between gold nanoparticles(NPs)and TiO_(2)support,is introducedthrough hydrogen reduction,resulting in partial dispersion of reduced TiOx on the Au surface.The partially covered Au not only increases the perimeter of the interface between the gold NPs andthe support,but also benefits H_(2)activation.Reaction kinetic analysis and H_(2)‐D2 exchange reactionshow that H_(2)activation is the critical step in the hydrogenation of 3‐nitrostyrene to 3‐vinylaniline.Density functional theory calculations verify that hydrogen dissociation and hydrogen transfer arefavored at the interface of gold NPs and TiO_(2)over the hydrogen‐reduced Au/TiO_(2).This study providesinsights for fabricating highly active gold‐based catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenationreactions.
