Exhaustive hydrodechlorination of chlorinated aromatic environmental pollutants to alicyclic compounds

Amal Ghattas; Raed Abu-Reziq; David Avnir; Jochanan Blum

doi:10.1039/b207002m

Exhaustive hydrodechlorination of chlorinated aromatic environmental pollutants to alicyclic compounds

Amal Ghattas, Raed Abu-Reziq, David Avnir^*, Jochanan Blum

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A combined Pd-Rh catalyst obtained by co-entrapment of metallic palladium and soluble [Rh(cod)Cl]₂ within a silica sol-gel matrix exhaustively detoxifies chlorinated aromatic pollutants not only by total removal of the chlorine, but also by the total reduction of the aromatic moieties to alicyclic rings. The list of chloroarenes which have been successfully destroyed by the catalysts includes most of the major pollutants which are of public concern, namely chlorinated dibenzo[b,e]dioxin and dibenzofuran, PCBs, DDT, Hexachlorophene and 2,4,5-T. The reactions take place under the relatively mild conditions of 80-100°C under 27 atm H₂. The immobilised catalyst is leach proof in a variety of solvents and can be reused in several runs. The high activity of the combined Pd-Rh system is attributed to synergism between the two different metal atoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-43
Number of pages	4
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b207002m
State	Published - Feb 2003

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