Electrochemical synthesis and electrochromic application of a novel polymer based on carbazole

The compound containing carbazole and thiophene, named as B1 was synthesized with 4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl) phenol and 3,4-dibromo thiophene. Additionally, the electrochemical polymer of B1 was synthesized and coated onto an ITO-glass surface via electrochemical oxidative polymerization. The electrochemical synthesis of the polymer was performed both in 0.05 M LiClO₄ supporting electrolyte in AN/BF₃EtE (1:1, v/v) and an AN/LiClO₄ solvent/electrolyte solution. The compounds were characterized by FT-IR and NMR techniques. The spectroelectrochemical and electrochromic properties of this polymer were also investigated for two electrolyte solution systems. The switching ability of this polymer was measured as the percent transmittance (%T) at its point of maximum contrast. According to the electrochromic measurements, the synthesized polymer had a blue color when it was oxidized, and also when it was reduced, it had a transparent color. Additionally, redox stability measurements indicates that the polymer had a high stability and it could be used to produce new polymeric electrochromic devices and also, it was a good candidate for electrochromic devices (ECDs) applications.     

Benzylation of thiophene using zinc and iron chloride modified montmorillinite clay

Montmorillinite clays, modified with either Zn(II) or Fe(III) chlorides have been used to catalyze the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of thiophene. High yields (ca. 80%) of 2- and 3-benzylthiophene mixtures were obtained using either catalyst in chlorobenzene or nitrobenzene solvent at 80°C. The ratio of 2–3-products was found to be controlled by their relative stability. Reactions were most rapid in nitrobenzene solution (<5 min) and resulted in formation of the 2-isomer as the only mono-substituted product. This is believed to be the first example in which an alkylation of thiophene has been limited to one regio-isomer.     

A comparative study on the effect of promoter content of hydrodesulfurization catalysts at different evaluation scales

CoMo and NiMo supported Al₂O₃ catalysts have been investigated for hydrotreating of model molecule as well as industrial feedstock. Activity studies were carried out for thiophene and SRGO hydrodesulfurization (HDS) in an atmospheric pressure and batch reactor respectively. These activities on sulfided catalysts were evaluated as a function of promoter content [M/(M + Mo) = 0.30, 0.34, 0.39; M = Co or Ni] using fixed (ca. 8 wt.%) molybdenum content. The promoted catalysts were characterized by textural properties, XRD, and temperature programmed reduction (TPR). TPR spectra of the Co and Ni promoter catalysts showed that Ni promotes the easy reduction of Mo species compared with Co. With the variation of promoter content NiMo catalyst was found to be superior to CoMo catalyst for gas oil HDS, while at low-promoter content the opposite trend was observed for HDS of thiophene. The behavior was attributed to the several reaction mechanisms involved for gas oil HDS. A nice relationship was obtained for hydrodesulfurized gas oil refractive index (RI) and aromatic content, which corresponds to the Ni hydrogenation property.     

Preparation of π-conjugated polymers consisting of 2-decylbenzimidazole and thiophene units and chemical properties of the polymers

Polycondensation by Stille coupling of 2-decyl-4,7-dibromobenzimidazoles and N-methyl-2-decyl-4,7-dibromobenzimidazole with 2,5-bis(trimethylstannyl)thiophene and 5,5′-bis(trimethylstannyl)-2,2′-bithiophene gave the corresponding π-conjugated polymers, poly(2-decylbenzimidazole-4,7-diyl-thiophene-2,5-diyl) 1b, poly(2-decylbenzimidazole-4,7-diyl-bithiophene-2,5-diyl) 1c and poly(N-methyl-2-decylbenzimidazole-4,7-diyl-thiophene-2,5-diyl) 2b, in 98-99% yields. The polymers 1b and 2b were fully soluble in CF₃COOH, and partially soluble in DMF (about 60 and 40% for 1b and 2b, respectively) and NMP (about 70 and 40%, respectively). The NMP soluble part of 1b and DMF soluble part of 2b gave values of 0.36 and 0.24 dl g⁻¹ in NMP and DMF, respectively. The DMF soluble part of 1b, 1c and 2b showed absorption peaks at about 458, 465 and 388 nm, respectively, in DMF. In an alkaline medium the absorption peaks of 1b and 1c are shifted to a longer wavelength by 92-101 nm; the observed shifts in the acidic medium and alkaline medium were much larger than those observed with usual benzimidazoles with low molecular weights. Packing structures of 1b, 1c and 2b are discussed based on their XRD patterns.     

频率响应法研究噻吩在CeY分子筛上的吸附行为

以NaY、液相Ce离子交换改性的Y型分子筛(L-CeY)为研究对象,运用N2吸附、XRD、NH3-TPD和Py-FTIR等实验方法表征两种Y型分子筛的物化性能。采用频率响应技术(FR)和智能重量分析仪(IGA)研究噻吩在两种分子筛上的吸附行为,并考察噻吩在稀土离子改性Y型分子筛上的不同吸附作用模式。结果表明,频率响应技术能够有效识别分子筛孔道内发生的不同传质过程。噻吩在NaY分子筛上的吸附行为较为简单,存在孔道吸附和π电子相互作用两种吸附过程;而在L-CeY分子筛上吸附行为较为复杂,同时存在孔道吸附和"S-M"吸附等多种吸附过程,另外,在高温条件下,还存在复杂的催化反应过程。     

柠檬酸对WP催化剂噻吩加氢脱硫性能影响

以柠檬酸(CA)为助剂,采用共浸渍和程序升温还原的方法制备了不同n(CA)/n(WP)的WP催化剂。并用X射线衍射(XRD)、比表面积测定(BET)、扫描电镜(SEM)、热重(TG)分析等方法对催化剂进行了表征,通过高压微反评价了催化剂的噻吩加氢脱硫(HDS)性能。结果表明,柠檬酸并没有改变WP的本体结构,但具有阻止WP晶相颗粒生长的作用,并提高了WP催化剂的BET比表面积。加入柠檬酸改变了硝酸根的分解过程,降低了催化剂的起始磷化还原温度和磷化还原过程终结温度,有利于活性组分在催化剂表面的分散。柠檬酸对WP催化剂噻吩HDS反应有利。Cat-5催化剂具有相对最好的HDS活性,与不加柠檬酸的催化剂相比,其噻吩转化率提高近20.4%。     

NiY/Beta复合分子筛吸附脱硫性能研究

采用液相离子交换法制备了NiY及NiY/Beta分子筛,利用智能重量分析仪测定了噻吩、苯在NiY、NiY/Beta分子筛上的吸附-脱附等温线,计算比较了噻吩、苯在分子筛上的扩散系数,同时使用固定床技术考查了改性后的分子筛对催化裂化汽油的吸附脱硫性能。结果表明,复合分子筛NiY/Beta仍然保持着较好的微孔结构,对噻吩的饱和吸附量大于苯的。而且噻吩在NiY/Beta分子筛上的相对扩散系数明显增大,而苯的扩散系数有所减少,这有利于噻吩在分子筛上的扩散过程,抑制了苯在分子筛上的吸附,从而提高了NiY/Beta复合分子筛对噻吩的选择性脱除能力。对于FCC汽油NiY/Beta复合分子筛也表现出更好的深度脱硫能力。     

室温氯铝酸离子液体络合吸附噻吩类硫化物的研究

以室温氯铝酸离子液体作为催化剂 ,将石油一厂的直馏柴油进行预先精制 ,并且在其中加入一定量的噻吩为原料 ,在室温和氮气保护的条件下 ,考察了室温氯铝酸离子液体催化剂脱除噻吩的效果。实验结果表明 :在n(AlCl3 ) /n(BMIMCl)为 2∶1、剂油比为 0 .15、反应时间为 4 0min的条件下 ,氯铝酸离子液体对精制柴油中的噻吩脱除率可达到 4 6 % ,从而说明氯铝酸离子液体具有很好的吸附噻吩类杂环化合物的能力。虽然氯铝酸离子液体对水和空气敏感、不稳定 ,但是可以再生重复循环使用     

Electrochemical synthesis,characterization and capacitive properties of novel thiophene based conjugated polymer

In this paper, a novel thiophene based monomer, 1-(pyren-1-yl)-2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-pyrrole, PThP, was synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic methods. The electrochemical behavior and electropolymerization of this novel monomer were performed on pencil graphite electrode (PGE) by cyclic voltammetry. The effect of solvent, dopant, scan number and scan rate on the electropolymerization and properties of the conjugated polymer films were investigated. The capacitive properties of the poly(PThP) films were tested by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The highest specific capacitance value was calculated for the conjugated polymer modified PGE that was obtained in 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate/dichloromethane solution for 30 cycles at 25 mV/s scan rate as 25.45 mF cm⁻². The surface morphologies of the conjugated polymer modified electrodes were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).     

Synthesis of novel 2,3-condensed thieno[2,3- d ]pyrimidin-4-ones via Appel's salt chemistry

The chemistry of imino-1,2,3-dithiazoles possessing a thiophene ring with various alkyl and aromatic diamines was investigated in the expectation of obtaining novel 2,3-condensed thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinone derivatives. Obtained via Appel's salt's (1) chemistry, methyl N-(4-chloro-5H-1,2,3-dithiazol-5-ylidene)-2-thiophenecarboxylate (2) is confirmed as a very interesting starting material for access to a variety of novel thiophene bioisosters of bioactive pentacyclic tetraaza-pentaphene-5, 8-diones.