Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Performances of Pyridinium Ionic Liquids in the Allylic Oxidation of Ionone-like Dienes

The combination of relatively low-cost ionic liquids, simple copper salt, and terminal oxidant tert-butyl hydroperoxide provided an efficient and environmentally friendly approach to the preparation of ionone-like dienones. Six pyridinium ionic liquids were evaluated in allylic oxidation of α-ionone and β-ionone. The 60%-70% yields of 3-oxo-α-ionone were obtained with 0.02 0.20 mmol of CuCl2·2H2O as catalyst, 3-5 mmol of tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant and 1 g of [Bpy]PF6 as solvent for 4-20 h at 60℃. The facile recovery and recycle of catalyst were also achieved. More significantly, peculiar phase behaviors of [Bpy]PF6 and [Epy]PF6 offered the catalytic system advantages of homogeneous reaction and heterogeneous separation. Scanning electron microscope （SEM） images of [Bpy]PF6 provided evidences for the behaviors. Transmission electron microscope （TEM） micrographs showed copper salt nanoparticles catalyst formed and stabilized in pyridinium ionic liquids.

Oxidation of Benzothiophenes Using Tert-amyl Hydroperoxide

Homogeneous oxidation using an oil-soluble oxidant, tert-amyl hydroperoxide （TAHP）, for ultra-deep desulfurization was performed under mild conditions in the presence of molybdenum oxide catalysts. Dibenzothio- phene （DBT）, benzothiophene （BT） and 4, 6-dimethyl-dibenzothiophene （DMDBT）, which are the refractory sulfur compounds for hydrodesulfurization （HDS）, were employed as model substrates for a simulated diesel fuel. Activity of molybdenum oxide supported on a macroporous weak acidic resin was investigated. The mass conversion of DBT reached near 100% at 90℃ and a TAHP/DBT molar ratio of 3 with 1% of molybdenum oxide supported on Amberlite IRC-748 resin for 1 h. It was further found that the activities of the model substrates decreased in the or- der of DMDBT 〉DBT 〉BT. In the flow oxidation using TAHP as the oxidant, mass conversion of DBT increased remarkably from 61.3% to 98.5% when dropping the weight hourly space velocity （WHSV） from 40 h^-1 to 10 h^-1. A series of experiments dealt with selectivity of this oxidation using TAHP revealed that the model unsaturated compounds, i.e. 4, 6, 8-trimethyl-2-nonylene, and 2-methylnaphthalene did not affect the oxidation of DBT. Carbazole had nearly no effect on the conversion of DBT using TAHP, but had some influence on the one using tert-butyl hydroperoxide （TBHP）. The mass conversion of DBT decreased remarkably from 75.2% to 3.6% when the content of carbazole increased from 0 to 500μg·g^-1. In the flow oxidation using TAHP as the oxidant, the concentration of DBT in model fuels was reduced from 500 μg·g^-1 to 7.2 μg·g^-1 at WHSV of 10 h^-1, and then reduced to 3.8 μg·g^-1 by adsorntion of Al2O3.

Tert-butylation of Toluene with Tert-butyl Alcohol over Realuminated H-mordenite Zeolite

The realuminated H-mordenite catalysts （HM1-4） treated with different concentrations of NaOH and NaAlO2 aqueous solutions were prepared, and characterized by inductively coupled plasma （ICP）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR） and temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia, They are of lower Si/AI ratio and higher acid amount while keeping a high relative crystallinity. Their catalytic performances were evaluated with the liquid-phase tert-butylation of toluene with tert-butyl alcohol in a 100 ml stainless steel batch reactor equipped with a stirrer. HM2 zeolite catalyst, obtained by treating HM in 0.1 mol.L-1 NaOH followed by 0.05 mol·L^-1 NaAlO2 aqueous solution, shows a higher catalytic activity because of its highest acid amount. For HM2 catalyst the influences of reaction conditions on catalytic performance were investigated. The conversion of toluene is 50.3% and the selectivity ofp-tert-butyltoluene is 74.7% at a temperature of 180℃, 2 of molar ratio of tert-butyl alcohol to toluene, 4h of reaction time and 0.2 of M（catalyst）/M（toluene）.

Silica-gel Supported V Complexes： Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Oxidative Desulfunzation

In this manuscript, a series of catalyst SG n-[VVO2-PAMAM-MSA] (SG silica gel, PAMAM polyamidoamine, MSA 5-methyl salicylaldehyde, n=0, 1, 2, 3) was prepared and their structures were fully characterized by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and inductive coupled plasma emission spectrometer (ICP) etc. XPS revealed that the metal V and SG n-PAMAM-MSA combined more closely after the formation of Schiff base derivatives. Their catalytic activities for oxidation of dibenzothiophene were evaluated using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The results showed that the catalyst SG 2.0-[VVO2-PAMAM-MSA] presented good catalytic activity and recycling time. Meanwhile, the optimal condition for the catalytic oxidation of SG 2.0-[VVO2-PAMAM-MSA] was also investigated, which showed that when the oxidation temperature was 90 °C, time was 60 min, the O/S was 3:1, and the mass content of catalyst was 1%, the rate of desulfurization could reach 85.2%. Moreover, the catalyst can be recycled several times without significant decline in catalytic activity.

Study on Oxidative Desulfurization Performance of Mesoporous Alumina Material

This article refers to the study on the performance of mesoporous silica used as the catalyst for oxidative desulfurization reactions. The test results revealed that under mild reaction conditions using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidizing agent the content of dibenzothiophene(DBT) contained in oil samples could be reduced from 5000 ppm to less than 5 ppm. Furthermore,the mesoporous silica material can be easily regenerated and recycled.

Catalytic Oxidation of Cyclohexane over ZSM-5 Catalyst in N-alkyl-N-methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids

Heterogeneous oxidation of cyclohexane by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) was carried out over ZSM-5 catalysts with different Si/Al ratios in ionic liquids and organic molecular solvents. Higher yield and selec-tivity of the desired products were found in ionic liquids than in molecular solvents. The conversion of cyclohexane exhibits a decrease from 15.8% to 10.8% with the increase of Si/Al ratio of the HZSM-5 catalyst, and all the cata-lysts exhibit good selectivity of monofunctional oxidation products at around 97%. The activity of catalyst is found strongly dependent on the alkyl chain length of ionic liquid.

Platinum nanowires catalyzed direct amidation of aldehydes and amines

Different from the conventional synthesis methods and substrates, we designed a brand new method for synthesizing amides with platinum nanowires as catalysts and tert-butylhydroperoxide(TBHP) as the oxidant. Influence of factors, such as the catalyst, solvents, and the reaction temperature, were studied to determine the optimal reaction conditions. In addition, we explored the substrate generality and observed excellent yields.

Intermolecular dearomative oxidative coupling of indoles with ketones and sulfonylhydrazines catalyzed by I2:synthesis of[2,3]-fused indoline tetrahydropyridazines

A convergent construction of [2,3]-fused indoline tetrahydropyridazines via an I2/tert-butyl hydroperoxide(TBHP) catalyzed three-component dearomative oxidative coupling of indoles, hydrazines and acetophenone was established in moderate to good yields. This protocol provides a new approach for the synthesis of these biologically interesting fused indolines.

Preparation of Co- or Mn-substituted LTL zeolites and their catalytic properties in cyclohexane oxidation

Co-or Mn-substituted LTL zeolites were hydrothermally synthesized by a novel organic-ligand-assisted method.XRD,UVVis DRS,XPS,and EPR techniques verified that the Co and Mn ions were incorporated into the zeolite framework.No organic species were retained in as-synthesized Co or Mn-LTL zeolites,which resulted in porous materials without calcination.In the oxidation of cyclohexane with tert-butyl hydroperoxide(TBHP),the Co-LTL and Mn-LTL gave a 40%–48%KA oil(cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol)yield as well as nearly 100%TBHP conversion under mild reaction conditions.The reactions were confirmed to be heterogeneous and to have proceeded catalytically.No loss of catalytic activity or leaching of metal active sites ions were observed during 4 reuses.