The Synthesis of 1,4-Diazabicyclo (2.2.2) Octane over a Pre-Treated Titanium Silicalite-1 Catalyst

Potassium chloride salt pre-treated titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) zeolite (K-TS-1) was prepared via an ion-exchange method. XRD, EDX and BET were used to identify the structure of the zeolite. The BET surface area and the adsorption/desorption cumulative pore volume of the K-TS-1 catalyst were about 297 m²/g and 0.213 cm³/g, respectively. The average pore diameter of the K-TS-1 catalyst was 29.49 Å. The catalytic activity of K-TS-1 catalyst was studied in the fixed-bed catalytic reactor. 1,4-Diazabicyclo (2.2.2) octane (DABCO) was prepared from ethylenediamine (EDA) over the K-TS-1 zeolite catalyst. The influences of various reaction parameters such as reaction temperature, space velocity and concentration of EDA were discussed. The conversion of EDA was more than 96% and the selectivity of DABCO and PIP were up to 64 and 30%, respectively, in the temperature of 340 °C and weight hourly space velocity of 1.5 h^?1 in the presence of water.