Supported Metal Nanoparticles on Activated Carbon for α,β-unsaturated Aldehyde Hydrogenation

Title:Supported Metal Nanoparticles on Activated Carbon for α,β-unsaturated Aldehyde Hydrogenation

Volume: 16 Issue: 23

Author(s): Cecilia R. Lederhos, Juan M. Badano, Monica E. Quiroga, Alfonso E. Ramirez, Jose J. Martinez and Hugo A. Rojas

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Keywords: Activated carbon, Citral, Hydrogenation, Nanoparticles, Palladium, Platinum.

Abstract: Palladium and platinum nanoparticles on an activated carbon were used as catalysts in the citral hydrogenation reaction in liquid phase at 363 K and 620 kPa of hydrogen pressure. The effect of metallic precursor salt to prepare mono and bimetallic catalysts was evaluated using PdCl2, Pd(NO3)2 and H2PtCl6. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy suggests that Pdº, Pdδ+ (with δ close to 0) and Ptº are present on the monometallic catalysts surface; while Pdδ+, Pdn+, Ptδ-and Ptδ+ (with δ ≅ 0 and n ≅ 2) are detected on the bimetallic Pd-Pt/C. Monometallic PtCl/C displayed a very low total conversion of citral. All Pd based catalysts (PdN/C, PdCl/C and Pd-Pt/C) were highly selective to citronellal and isopulegol (desired products). The bimetallic Pd-Pt/C was the most active and selective catalyst. Electrondeficient and electron-rich species, chlorine amount on carbon surface and the modification of surface groups produced during the catalysts synthesis played an important role on the selectivity values to obtained products.

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Lederhos R. Cecilia, Badano M. Juan, Quiroga E. Monica, Ramirez E. Alfonso, Martinez J. Jose and Rojas A. Hugo, Supported Metal Nanoparticles on Activated Carbon for α,β-unsaturated Aldehyde Hydrogenation, Current Organic Chemistry 2012; 16 (23) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138527212804546831