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2,5-Dimethyltetrahydrofuran (DMTHF) is deoxygenated to n-hexane with >99% selectivity at mild conditions (90 °C, 1 bar H2 pressure, fixed-bed reactor) in the presence of the bifunctional metal-acid catalyst Pt-CsPW comprising Pt and Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40 (CsPW), an acidic Cs salt of Keggin-type heteropoly acid H3PW12O40. Addition of gold to the Pt-CsPW catalyst increases the turnover rate at Pt sites more than twofold, whereas the Au alone without Pt is not active. The enhancement of catalyst activity is attributed to PtAu alloying, which is supported by STEM-EDX and XRD analysis.
ABSTRACT
The conversion of diethyl ether (DEE) to ethene and ethanol was studied at a gas-solid interface over bulk and supported Brønsted solid acid catalysts based on tungsten Keggin heteropoly acids (HPAs) at 130-250 °C and ambient pressure. The yield of ethene increased with increasing reaction temperature and reached 98% at 220-250 °C (WHSV = 2.2 h-1). The most active HPA catalysts were silica-supported H3PW12O40 and H4SiW12O40 and the bulk heteropoly salt Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40. The HPA catalysts outperformed zeolites HZSM-5 and USY reported elsewhere. A correlation between catalyst activity and catalyst acid strength was established, which indicates that Brønsted acid sites play an important role in DEE elimination over HPA catalysts. The results point to the reaction occurring through the consecutive reaction pathway: DEE â C2H4 + EtOH followed by EtOH â C2H4 + H2O, where ethene is both a primary product of DEE elimination and a secondary product via dehydration of the primary product EtOH. Evidence is provided that DEE elimination over bulk HPA and high-loaded HPA/SiO2 catalysts proceeds via the surface-type mechanism.
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2,5-Dimethylfuran is deoxygenated to n-hexane with 100% yield on a bifunctional Pt/C-Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40 catalyst under very mild conditions (90 °C, 1 bar H2) in a one-step gas-phase process. A proposed mechanism includes a sequence of hydrogenolysis, hydrogenation and dehydration steps occurring on Pt and proton sites of the bifunctional catalyst.
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Acidic heteropoly salt Cs(2.5)H(0.5)PW(12)O(40) doped with Pt nanoparticles is a highly active and selective catalyst for one-step hydrogenation of methyl isobutyl and diisobutyl ketones to the corresponding alkanes in the gas phase at 100 °C with 97-99% yield via metal-acid bifunctional catalysis.
Subject(s)
Alkanes/chemistry , Biomass , Ketones/chemistry , Methyl n-Butyl Ketone/chemistry , Platinum/chemistry , Tungsten Compounds/chemistry , Catalysis , Hydrogenation , Metal Nanoparticles/chemistryABSTRACT
Pd metal supported on Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40 is an efficient bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of acetone to methyl isobutyl ketone in gas and liquid phase.
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Heteropoly acid H3PW12O40 is a very efficient and environmentally benign catalyst for the Fries rearrangement of phenyl acetate in homogeneous or heterogeneous liquid-phase systems at 100-150 degrees C.
