Efficient catalysis of mesoporous Al-MCM-41 for Mukaiyama aldol reactions

Mesoporous aluminosilicates, Al-MCM-41 (Si/Al = 20 and 50), efficiently catalyzed Mukaiyama aldol reaction of benzaldehyde with 1-(trimethylsiloxy)cyclohexene in CH₂Cl₂ at 0 °C to afford the corresponding β-trimethylsiloxy ketone in quantitative yield. On the other hand, mesoporous silica (MCM-41), amorphous SiO₂–Al₂O₃, and H–Y and H-ZSM-5 zeolites barely catalyzed the reaction. Additionally, the less ordered Al-MCM-41 prepared by mechanical compression exhibited much lower catalytic activity compared with Al-MCM-41, indicating that the presence of the ordered mesoporous structure in aluminosilicates is crucial for the catalysis. The Al-MCM-41 catalyzed Mukaiyama aldol reaction was applicable to a wide range of aldehydes and silyl enol ethers. Furthermore, the Al-MCM-41 catalyst could be recycled at least three times without any loss in the yield. Thus, mesoporous aluminosilicates are promising heterogeneous catalysts for fine chemicals synthesis.     

不同硅铝比Al-MCM-41介孔分子筛的表征及催化合成氯乙酸正辛酯

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵( CTAB)为模板剂,正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源,乙二胺为碱性介质,当n(TEOS)∶n( NaAl02)∶n(CTAB)∶n(H2NCH2CH2NH2)∶n(H2O)=1∶x∶0.12∶ 3.5∶130,其中x=0.1,0.033,0.02,0.01,0.006 7时,水热法合成了Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛.通过XRD,N2吸附-脱附,NH3 - TPD和TEM等手段对不同硅铝比(n(Si)/n(Al))的Al - MCM -41介孔分子筛进行了表征.结果表明,当n(Si)/n( Al)由150减小至30时,Al - MCM -41介孔分子筛仍具有典型的六方介孔结构特征,但当n( Si)/n(Al)=10时,样品结构有序性下降.Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛酸量随着n( Si)/n( Al)减小而增大.将Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛用于催化合成氯乙酸正辛酯,相同反应条件下,n( Si) /n( Al) =30的Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛为催化剂时酯化率最高,由此表明,Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛作为催化剂,反应酯化率不仅取决于样品酸量,也与其晶体结构相关.当Al - MCM - 41介孔分子筛用量为氯乙酸质量的3％,反应温度为120～140℃,n(氯乙酸)∶n(正辛醇)=1∶1.2时,酯化率可达94.34％.     

Vapor-phase tert-butylation of p-hydroxytoluene over Al-MCM-41 and PWA supported Al-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieve catalysts

Mesoporous Al-MCM-41 and PWA, impregnated with different weight percent catalysts have been prepared and investigated by combining structural and textural properties of both the catalysts. The catalytic behavior of both the Al-MCM-41 and PWA impregnated catalysts were evaluated for tert-butylation of p-hydroxy toluene. Among the series of catalysts, 20 wt% PWA impregnated catalyst was found to have superior activity for the alkylation of p-hydroxytoluene. The activity was increased with more PWA content upto 20 wt%. This implied that the PWA loaded Al-MCM-41catalysts had enhanced acid strength, thereby increasing the Bronsted acid sites for the tertiarybutylation of p-hydroxytoluene. Various parameters viz. feed rate, temperature, feed ratio of p-HT and MTBE, Time on stream and WHSV were optimized for the reaction.     

Al-MCM-41介孔分子筛深度吸附脱硫的研究

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板剂、铝酸钠为铝源、硅酸钠为硅源、用水热合成法制备了不同硅铝比的Al-MCM-41分子筛,负载不同金属离子对其改性,并用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、N2气吸附等方法对其进行了表征。同时,考察了Al-MCM-41(80)负载不同金属离子作为吸附剂对模拟汽油的脱硫性能。结果表明,Al-MCM-41(80)在353 K时的脱硫效果最好;负载金属离子Fe3+、Ni2+、Zn2+、Cu2+、Co2+、Ce3+的脱硫效果顺序为:Ni2+>Co2+>Zn2+>Fe3+>Ce3+>Cu2+;芳烃的加入降低了分子筛对噻吩的选择性。     

Novel synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials Al-MCM-41 from bentonite

This paper reports the synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials Al-MCM-41 with a specific surface area of 1018 m²/g from bentonite. Pretreated bentonite was simultaneously used as silica and aluminum sources without addition of silica or aluminum reagents. Orthogonal experiments were adopted to optimize the processing parameters. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), N₂ adsorption–desorption measurements and Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) techniques. The obtained materials were hexagonal Al-MCM-41. Calcination removed the surfactant while new bonds increased the crosslinking of the frameworks. Proper Si/Al molar ratio was critical for the formation of highly ordered mesoporous materials.     

Al-MCM-41分子筛对多环烃的催化异构化性能

采用室温法合成了Al-MCM-41分子筛,采用XRD、FT-IR和表面测定仪等方法表征了Al-MCM-41分子筛的结构。以多环烃endo-TCD（桥式四氢双环戊二烯）异构化反应为例考察了不同铝硅物质的量比的Al-MCM-41分子筛催化异构化性能,在此基础上研究了表面负载无机酸及贵金属Pt的促进作用。结果表明,Al-MCM-41分子筛对endo-TCD具有良好的催化异构化作用,无机酸的负载对催化剂活性和提高金刚烷收率具有一定促进作用,而采用化学还原法负载Pt则未达到预期目的。     

Characterization and catalytic performance of mesoporous molecular sieves Al-MCM-41 materials

Mesoporous Al-MCM-41 materials of different Si/Al ratios have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, ²⁷Al and ²⁹Si MAS NMR, differential thermogravimetric analysis, N₂ adsorption measurements, FT-IR and catalytic cracking of alkanes. The experimental results show that the incorporation of aluminium into the framework of MCM-41 has a great effect on the degree of long-distance order, the surface acidities and the mesoporous structures of the materials. With increase of the aluminium content, the amounts of tetrahedral framework aluminium and the acid sites on the samples increase, but the acid strength decreases. Al-MCM-41 materials exhibit high activity for n-C₁₆ ⁰ cracking and good selectivity for producing low carbon alkylenes, particularly for i-C₄ ⁼.     

Acidity study of Nb-containing MCM-41 mesoporous materials. Comparison with that of Al-MCM-41

The acidity of Nb-MCM-41 molecular sieves as well as their hydrogen forms was studied using FTIR spectroscopy with pyridine and 2,6-dimethylpyridine as probe molecules and in test reactions (isopropanol and cumene decomposition). The number of Lewis acid sites (LAS) and Brønsted acid sites (BAS) was estimated from the intensity of IR bands at 1450 and 1549 cm^-1 respectively. The acidity of niobium-containing materials was compared with that of Al related molecular sieves. The parent Al- and Nb-MCM-41 mesoporous materials studied in this work did not show Brønsted acidity which only appeared after ammonium exchange followed by calcination. The number and the strength of BAS was much higher on H,Al-containing material than that on H,Nb-containing molecular sieves. H,Nb-MCM-41 exhibited a higher concentration of LAS than H,Al related material.     

t-Butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol over mesoporous Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves

Selective liquid-phase t-butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol (t-BuOH) to produce 2-t-butyl-p-cresol (TBC) has been conducted over Al-MCM-41 catalysts with different Si/Al ratios. The effects of various reaction parameters such as temperature, reaction time and n_t-BuOH:n_p-cresol ratio on the conversion of p-cresol and the selectivity of TBC have been systematically investigated as well. When the Si/Al ratio of Al-MCM-41 catalysts is increased from 21 to 104 (respectively yielding Al-MCM-41(21), Al-MCM-41(42), Al-MCM-41(62), Al-MCM-41(83) and Al-MCM-41(104)), both the conversion of p-cresol and the yield and selectivity of TBC decrease due to the decrease of the number of Brønsted acid sites of the Al-MCM-41 catalysts. Al-MCM-41(21) catalyst is found to give the highest conversion of p-cresol (88.2%) and the highest selectivity of TBC (90.40%) under the optimal n_t-BuOH:n_p-cresol mole ratio of 2:1, the optimal reaction temperature of 90 °C and the optimal reaction time of 2 h. Furthermore, Al-MCM-41(21) can be recycled up to at least four times without losing its catalytic performance for butylation reaction.     

Production of biodiesel by esterification of palmitic acid over mesoporous aluminosilicate Al-MCM-41

Biodiesel has been obtained by esterification of palmitic acid with methanol, ethanol and isopropanol in the presence of Al-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves with Si/Al ratios of 8, 16 and 32. The catalytic acids were synthesized at room temperature and characterized by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), thermal analysis (TG/DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen absorption (BET/BJH), infrared spectroscopy (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The reaction was carried out at 130 °C whilst stirring at 500 rpm, with an alcohol/acid molar ratio of 60 and 0.6 wt% catalyst for 2 h. The alcohol reactivity follows the order methanol > ethanol > isopropanol. The catalyst Al-MCM-41 with ratio Si/Al = 8 produced the largest conversion values for the alcohols studied. The data followed a rather satisfactory approximation to first-order kinetics.     

Asymmetric catalysis of aldol reactions with chiral lewis bases

In an extension of studies both on the stereochemical course of the aldol addition and on Lewis-base-catalyzed allylation reactions, we have invented a new Lewis-base-catalyzed asymmetric aldol addition. This Account outlines the conceptual development, the identification of design criteria, and the underlying principles for such a process. The reduction of these elements to practice in the demonstration of enantioselective aldol additions of trichlorosilyl enolates catalyzed by chiral phosphoramides is also presented. From a combination of stereochemical, kinetic, and structural studies, an intruiging mechanistic hypothesis is forwarded that explains the origin of catalysis and diastereoselectivity.     

煤系高岭土合成Al-MCM-41及镧改性后有效脱除磷

用煤系高岭土作为硅源和铝源合成介孔分子筛Al-MCM-41,然后浸渍镧获得一种具有高吸附容量和磷去除率的新型磷酸根吸附剂。分别考察了载体和镧负载量对吸附磷酸根性能影响。 硅铝比为48的介孔分子筛Al₄₈-MCM-41具有非常规整的一维孔道结构,作为载体为负载镧氧化物提供一个好的空间结构。负载量为15%的 La₁₅-Al₄₈-MCM-41磷酸根吸附量吸附时间先呈线性增长,后缓慢增加,最后趋于平衡,饱和吸附量为60.43 mg/g,投加量为0.12 g时磷去除率96.01%。通过比较不同初始pH值条件下吸附过程中的pH值变化情况,发现吸附剂表面上的羟基和磷酸根之间的离子交换是去除磷酸盐的主要原因。     

Cobalt oxide nanoparticles on mesoporous MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 by supercritical CO2 deposition

CoO and Co₃O₄ nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed inside mesoporous MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 supports using supercritical CO₂ reactive deposition. This method represents a one-pot reproducible procedure that allows the dissolution of the organocobalt precursor and supports impregnation in supercritical CO₂ at 70 °C and 110 bar, followed by the precursor thermal decomposition into cobalt species at 200 °C and 160 bar. By the relative concentration of the cobalt precursor [cobalt (II) bis (η⁵-ciclopentadienil)], the load of cobalt nanoparticles was controlled and then determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-OES). The synthesis of CoO and Co₃O₄ species inside the MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 substrates was confirmed by X-ray Photoelectron (XPS) and Laser Raman Spectroscopies (LRS). By N₂ adsorption and Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), it was determined that the hexagonal arrangement as well as the surface area and pore size of the substrates changed after the addition of cobalt. By means of X-ray mapping from SEM images, a homogeneous distribution of cobalt nanoparticles was observed inside the mesopores when the cobalt loading was 1 wt.%. In addition, spherical cobalt nanoparticles of average diameter close to 20 nm were detected on the outer surface of MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 supports when the cobalt content was higher. On the other hand, by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), it was possible to measure the interplanar distance of the crystalline plane of the outer nanoparticles, which was later compared with the theoretical distance values which allowed identifying the CoO and Co₃O₄ phases.     

Vapour phase esterification of butyric acid with 1-pentanol over Al-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves

Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves with Si/Al ratios 25, 50, 75 & 100 were synthesized hydrothermally and characterized systematically by various analytical and spectroscopy techniques. Their catalytic activity was evaluated for the vapour phase reaction of butyric acid with 1-pentanol. Pentyl butyrate was obtained as the only product. Reaction parameters such as temperature, molar ratio and feed rate were optimized for higher butyric acid conversion. The time-on-stream study was carried out at optimum conditions resulting in gradual decrease in the activity of the catalyst.     

Synthesis of dypnone using SO4/Al-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves

The mesoporous molecular sieves Al-MCM-41 with Si/Al ratio equal to 16, was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMA⁺Br⁻) as surfactant. The same ratio of Al-MCM-41 materials was impregnated using sulfuric acid, the materials as sulfated Al-MCM-41 (SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41). The mesoporous materials viz Al-MCM-41 and SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 were characterized using several techniques e.g. ICP-AES, Nephelometer, XRD, FT-IR, TG/DTA, N₂-adsorption, solid-state-NMR, SEM and TPD-pyridine. ICP-AES studies indicated the presence of Al in the mesoporous materials. Nephelometer studies indicated the SO₄²⁻ presence of the SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41. XRD studies indicated that the calcined materials of Al-MCM-41 and SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 had the standard MCM-41 structure. The surface area, pore diameter, pore volume and wall thickness of the mesoporous materials were calculated by BET and BJH equations, respectively. Crystallinity, surface area, pore diameter and pore volume of SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 decreased except wall thickness and the expelling aluminum from the Al-MCM-41 framework increased the Lewis acidity. FT-IR studies indicated that Al-ions were incorporated in the hexagonal mesoporous structure of Al-MCM-41 and sulfuric acid was impregnated into hexagonal Al-MCM-41 materials. The thermal stability of as-synthesized Al-MCM-41 materials and SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 materials were studied using TG/DTA. The environments of the Al-ions coordinated in the silica matrix were determined by ²⁷Al-MAS-NMR. The morphology of Al-MCM-41 and SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 was determined by SEM. The total acidity of Al-MCM-41 and SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 materials was determined by TPD-pyridine. The catalytic results were compared with those obtained by using sulfuric acid, amorphous silica–alumina, H-β, USY and H-ZSM-5 zeolites. The SO₄²⁻/Al-MCM-41 catalyst exclusively forms the product of dypnone from self-condensation of acetophenone molecules due to higher number of Lewis acid sites and has much higher yields than other catalysts except USY.     

Acetylation of phenol with Al-MCM-41

Mesoporous Al-MCM-41 molecular sieve materials with three different SiO₂/Al₂O₃ ratios were used as catalysts for the acetylation of phenol with acetic anhydride and acetic acid as the acetylating agents. The reactions gave 100% ortho-selectivity with acetic acid being the more effective acylating agent. The reactions were run under different conditions of temperature, feed flow rate, reactant mole ratio and SiO₂/Al₂O₃ ratio of the catalyst and all the variables were shown to have significant influence on the acetylation of phenol. A possible reaction mechanism is also suggested.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Al-MCM-41 and Al-MCM-48 Mesoporous Materials

A novel route in the synthesis of Al-MCM-41 and Al-MCM-48, using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and sodium aluminate (NaAlO₂) as Si and Al source has been obtained. The effect of surfactant nature and the synthesis conditions such as surfactant/Si ratio and hydrothermal treatment time on the formed mesostructure regularity has been studied. Different methods of template removal have also been evaluated. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen physisorption, FT-IR, and solid-state MAS NMR spectroscopy.     

Catalytic oxidation of styrene by manganese(II) bipyridine complex cations immobilized in mesoporous Al-MCM-41

Manganese 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) complex cations, [Mn(bpy)₂]²⁺, have been immobilized in mesoporous Al-MCM-41 (Si/Al=9) and used as a catalyst for the oxidation of styrene by iodosylbenzene, H₂O₂ and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP). The oxidation products included epoxide, diol and aldehyde. Al-MCM-41-immobilized [Mn(bpy)₂]²⁺ exhibited a higher catalytic activity for styrene oxidation than the corresponding homogeneous catalyst and showed no significant loss of catalytic activity when recycled. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Al-MCM-41介孔分子筛吸附喹啉的性能

在碱性条件下,采用水热晶化法,以偏硅酸钠为硅源,铝酸钠为铝源,CTAB为结构模板剂,成功合成出了含铝介孔分子筛Al-MCM-41。采用XRD、BET等手段对合成的Al-MCM-41进行表征,对柴油中的氮化物喹啉进行了吸附实验,考察了Al-MCM-41介孔分子筛对氮化物喹啉的吸附能力,探究了硅铝比为60的Al-MCM-41分子筛对喹啉溶液吸附的热力学和动力学行为,测得353.15～393.15 K 温度范围内的吸附等温线数据,用Langmuir、Freundlich方程对此进行拟合,并根据热力学原理计算得到吸附过程中的ΔH、ΔG、ΔS值和吸附表观活化能。结果表明, 硅铝比为60的Al-MCM-41具有较大的孔容、比表面积和较窄的孔径分布,结晶度和有序性高。等温吸附平衡符合Freundlich 等温线模型,其ΔH -0.7682 kJ·mol^-1,ΔG -28.1215 kJ·mol^-1, ΔS 73.2434 J·mol^-1·K^-1,吸附动力学符合Pseudo拟二级方程,E_a为2.8575 kJ·mol^-1。     

Comparison of immobilized Box and azaBox–Cu(II) complexes as catalysts for enantioselective Mukaiyama aldol reactions

Enantioselective Mukaiyama aldol reactions of different α-ketoesters was tested with copper complexes of chiral Box and azaBox ligands in both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Results in the homogeneous reactions were greatly influenced by the nature of the ketoester, the chiral ligand, and the reaction solvent. In the case of supported catalysts, the use of strongly coordinating azaBox ligands prevented the leaching of metal but reduced the Lewis acidity, and thus the catalytic activity, and did not solve the problem of poisoning by strong coordination of products, byproducts, or solvents. The counter-ion effect also was very significant, and electrostatic immobilization was efficient only with Box ligands (up to 86% ee at room temperature), whereas covalent immobilization allowed the use of azaBox ligands (up to 85% ee at room temperature) in the heterogeneous phase. Recovered deactivated solids could be reused in a reaction with a completely different mechanism that does not require acid centers, such as cyclopropanation.