TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquid phase hydrogenation and hydrodenitrogenation of aromatic nitrogen-containing environmental pollutants
AU - Bovkun, Tatiana Tehila
AU - Grayevsky, Michael
AU - Sasson, Yoel
AU - Blum, Jochanan
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - Carcinogenic aromatic nitro-compounds are hydrogenated at 80-140 °C in the presence of a silica sol-gel entrapped combined palladium-[Rh(cod)Cl]2 catalyst to give hydroaromatic amines and nitrogen-free hydrocarbons. The process involves initial transformation of the nitro to an amino function. Further hydrogenation causes denitrogenation and saturation of the aromatic moieties. Using 1-aminonaphthalene as a model substrate reveals simultaneous formation of 1- and 5-aminotetralin. While the former amine is readily converted into tetralin and 1-aminodecalins, the 5-aminotetralin gives, in a slow process, only the aminodecalins. The latter compounds are slowly denitrogenated to decalins. The catalytic hydrogenation of the aromatic compounds is accompanied by NH3 elimination by which secondary amines are formed in a reversible fashion. The entrapped catalyst is leach-proof and recyclable. However, its catalytic activity in the different steps changes during the recycling. The high activity of the combined catalyst results from synergism between the two different metal nuclei.
AB - Carcinogenic aromatic nitro-compounds are hydrogenated at 80-140 °C in the presence of a silica sol-gel entrapped combined palladium-[Rh(cod)Cl]2 catalyst to give hydroaromatic amines and nitrogen-free hydrocarbons. The process involves initial transformation of the nitro to an amino function. Further hydrogenation causes denitrogenation and saturation of the aromatic moieties. Using 1-aminonaphthalene as a model substrate reveals simultaneous formation of 1- and 5-aminotetralin. While the former amine is readily converted into tetralin and 1-aminodecalins, the 5-aminotetralin gives, in a slow process, only the aminodecalins. The latter compounds are slowly denitrogenated to decalins. The catalytic hydrogenation of the aromatic compounds is accompanied by NH3 elimination by which secondary amines are formed in a reversible fashion. The entrapped catalyst is leach-proof and recyclable. However, its catalytic activity in the different steps changes during the recycling. The high activity of the combined catalyst results from synergism between the two different metal nuclei.
KW - Hydrodenitrogenation
KW - Palladium
KW - Rhodium
KW - Sol-gel
KW - Synergism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.molcata.2007.01.051
DO - 10.1016/j.molcata.2007.01.051
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AN - SCOPUS:34247248906
SN - 1381-1169
VL - 270
SP - 171
EP - 176
JO - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
JF - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
IS - 1-2
ER -