Characterization of a Poly-4-Vinylpyridine-Supported CuPd Bimetallic Catalyst for Sonogashira Coupling Reactions

CuPd bimetallic solvated metal atoms (SMA) synthesized by metal vapor synthesis (MVS) technique and supported on poly-4-vinylpyridine (PVPy) resin, showed significantly higher catalytic activity in Sonogashira-type carbon–carbon coupling reactions than the corresponding monometallic Cu and Pd systems as well as their physical mixture. The analysis of the bimetallic catalyst combining transmission electron microscopy techniques and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy revealed the presence of small Pd nanoparticles (dm=2.5 nm) while the analysis of the X-ray absorption data, at the Cu K-edge suggests the formation of thin and incomplete Cu oxide layers around the Pd-rich cores

Aminopropyl-silica-supported Cu nanoparticles: An efficient catalyst for continuous-flow Huisgen azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC)

Cu nanoparticles prepared by metal vapor synthesis (MVS) were immobilized on 3-aminopropyl-functionalized silica at room temperature. HRTEM analysis of the catalyst showed that the copper nanoparticles are present with mean diameters limited in the range 1.0-4.5 nm. TPR analysis was performed in order to study the oxidation state of the supported copper nanoparticles. The supported catalyst was used both in batch and in a packed-bed reactor for continuous-flow CuAAC reaction. The activation of the copper catalyst by reduction using phenyl hydrazine in continuous-flow conditions was demonstrated. Along with the high catalytic activity (productivity up to 1689 mol/mol), the catalyst can be used several times with negligible Cu leaching in the product (<9 ppm), less than allowed Cu contaminant in pharmaceuticals. The applicability of packed-bed flow reactor was showed by sequentially converting different substrates in their corresponding products using same column

Photoelectrochemical behavior of electrophoretically deposited hematite thin films modified with ti(IV)

: Doping hematite with different elements is a common strategy to improve the electrocatalytic activity towards the water oxidation reaction, although the exact effect of these external agents is not yet clearly understood. Using a feasible electrophoretic procedure, we prepared modified hematite films by introducing in the deposition solution Ti(IV) butoxide. Photoelectrochemical performances of all the modified electrodes were superior to the unmodified one, with a 4-fold increase in the photocurrent at 0.65 V vs. SCE in 0.1 M NaOH (pH 13.3) for the 5% Ti-modified electrode, which was the best performing electrode. Subsequent functionalization with an iron-based catalyst led, at the same potential, to a photocurrent of ca. 1.5 mA?cm-2 , one of the highest achieved with materials based on solution processing in the absence of precious elements. AFM, XPS, TEM and XANES analyses revealed the formation of different Ti(IV) oxide phases on the hematite surface, that can reduce surface state recombination and enhance hole injection through local surface field effects, as confirmed by electrochemical impedance analysis

Ultrafine palladium nanoparticles immobilized into poly(4-vinylpyridine)-based porous monolith for continuous-flow Mizoroki-Heck reaction

Ultrafine Pd nanoparticles (dm = 2.3 nm), obtained by metal vapor synthesis technique, were immobilized into a poly(4-vinylpyridine)-based porous monolith by means of a new synthetic approach. The synthesis involves stabilization of Pd nanoparticles with 4-vinylpyridine ligand and their subsequent immobilization into the monolith by radical co-polymerization of the resulting metal-embedding monomer with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate in presence of porogenic agents (i.e. DMF and PEG-400) inside stainless-steel columns (HPLC type). The hybrid monolithic reactors containing highly dispersed Pd nanoparticles were effectively used as catalyst for Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions carried out under continuous-flow conditions. The devices showed long life-time (>65 h) and very low Pd leaching (<2 ppm)

Gold nanoparticles onto cerium oxycarbonate as highly efficient catalyst for aerobic allyl alcohol oxidation

Abstract Au nanoparticles, generated by the metal vapor synthesis technique, were supported onto cerium oxycarbonate monohydrate (Ce2O(CO3)2·H2O) giving Au@Ce2O(CO3)2·H2O. The obtained heterogeneous catalyst was used in the aerobic allyl alcohol oxidation reaction performed in toluene, showing a notably higher catalytic substrate conversion and isomerization activity compared to Au onto ceria, which is the reference catalyst for this type of catalysis. Results originating from catalytic recycling experiments and PXRD, HRTEM and XPS measurements carried out on recovered Au@Ce2O(CO3)2·H2O, confirmed the stability of the catalyst under aerobic oxidation reaction conditions and hence its recyclability, without the need of a regeneration step

Bio adipic acid production from sodium muconate and muconic acid: a comparison of two systems

sodium muconate and trans,trans‐muconic acid were heterogeneously hydrogenated to adipic acid, a strategic intermediate for the industry of polyamides and high performance polymers. Hydrogen pressure, metal to substrate ratio, substrate concentration and reaction temperature were varied to study the effect of these parameters on the reaction products. Commercial Pd/AC 5 % was used as catalyst and characterized by TEM, BET and XPS analyses. The results revealed that temperature is the parameter which mainly affect the reaction. Moreover, hydrogenation of trans,trans‐muconic acid is faster than sodium muconate reduction. Full conversion and full yield toward adipic acid was obtained using trans,trans‐muconic acid as substrate after 60 min at the following operating conditions: temperature=70 °C, metal/substrate=1/200 (molPd/molsub), trans,trans‐muconic acid concentration=1.42E‐02M and hydrogen pressure=1 bar. In all reactions (2E)hexenedioic acid was detected as main intermediate

Palladium nanoparticles supported on Smopex®metal scavengers ascatalyst for carbonylative Sonogashira reactions: Synthesis of α,β-alkynyl ketones

Palladium nanoparticles supported on two Smopex®commercial metal scavengers (1% w/w) have beentested in the carbonylative Sonogashira reactions of aryl iodides with phenylacetylene. Their catalyticactivity has been compared with those of more common catalysts (Pd/C, Pd/-Al2O3). Pd/Smopex®-234resulted especially effective in the synthesis of alkynyl ketones even working with a low amount ofpalladium (0.2–0.5 mol%). Preliminary heterogeneity tests (i.e. hot filtration test, Pd leaching and recycleof the catalyst) have been performed in order to evaluate the catalytic behaviour of this system. Theobtained results seem to indicate that Pd/Smopex®-234 could act as a truly heterogeneous catalyst

Furfural Hydrogenation on Modified Niobia

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Discovering indium as hydrogen production booster for a Cu/SiO2 catalyst in steam reforming of methanol

Abstract We report on the use of In as an effective H2 production promoter in a Cu/SiO2 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol. To date, In promotion has been limited to noble metals because of its tendency to "bury" other metals thus compromising the catalytic activity. Here, we prepared a silica-supported Cu-In catalyst via a urea-assisted co-precipitation method that showed a higher H2 productivity compared to the monometallic catalyst and a remarkable H2/CO2 molar ratio of almost 3 at 220 °C. Through XPS, XRPD and HRTEM-EDX along with H2- and CO-TPR, H2O-TPD, and N2O titrations, supported by computational modeling, we attributed such superior performances to an easier H2O activation due to improved electronic properties of the Cu phase, that is, its lower oxidation state via electron density transfer from the InOx buffer phase as a 1D "necklace" structures crucially mediating the interaction of small Cu nanoparticles (2.6 nm) and silica