{"title":"Reusable metal-free mesoporous carbon-catalyzed reductive N-formylation of nitroarenes and quinolines","authors":"Xiangzhu Yu, Meng Miao, Shuxiao Huo, Shaowei Liu, Hao Dong, Lianyue Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The high-value transformation of nitrogen-containing compounds through a facile, cost-effective, and eco-friendly one-pot strategy holds significant importance. However, this process typically involves the use of metal catalysts and is limited by low activity as well as the requirement of high temperature and pressure. Herein, we describe a general and efficient metal-free N-doped mesoporous carbon material using well-defined ligand 1,10-phenanthroline as the precursor and silica colloid as the hard template. Formic acid is both a reducing agent and a formylation reagent, and structurally distinct mono- or multi-substituted nitroarenes and quinolines can be selectively <em>N</em>-formylation in a one-pot method. The catalyst can be easily recovered without observable loss of efficiency for ten consecutive uses. The control experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that formic acid mainly obtains active hydrogen in the form of O–H bond cleavage, which benefits from the strong adsorption and enhanced activity generated by the interaction between graphitic nitrogen species in the catalyst and formic acid. The excellent catalytic performance of the <em>meso</em>-phen-X catalyst is attributed to the synergistic effect of graphitic N and large specific surface area, providing a promising method for the development of non-metallic catalyst-modified carbon materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115826"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zonghao Zhang , Ruizhuo Liu , Lei Huang , Pingle Liu
{"title":"Highly efficient selective hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over MOF-derived Co-Ni bimetallic catalysts: The effects of Co-Ni alloy and adsorption configuration","authors":"Zonghao Zhang , Ruizhuo Liu , Lei Huang , Pingle Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115824","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115824","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The targeted conversion of furfural (FA) over inexpensive catalyst is a critical and challenging project. Herein, CoNi alloy catalysts (xCoyNi/C) were prepared through one-step pyrolysis of metal–organic frameworks and used in furfural (FA) hydrogenation to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (TFOL). The formation of CoNi alloy leads to a reconfiguration of the electronic structure on the metal surface, which affects the adsorption of functional groups on FA and furfuryl alcohol (FOL). <em>In situ</em> FT-IR analysis and DFT calculations verify that bimetallic CoNi alloy catalyst exhibits more suitable reactants adsorption and hydrogenation rate in comparison with the monometallic Co and monometallic Ni catalysts. Meanwhile, CoNi alloy significantly reduces the activation barrier from FOL to TFOL. Hence, the 1Co1Ni/C catalyst gives the highest TFOL yield of > 99 %. This study provides a simple strategy for the preparation of alloy catalysts for tuning product selectivity and presents practical potential for upgrading biomass-derived platform molecules.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115824"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Najmeh Ahledel , Komalpreet Kaur Saini , Martin Couillard , Elena A. Baranova
{"title":"Catalytic and electrochemical evaluation of the role of metal oxides on Pd nano-catalysts for complete methane oxidation","authors":"Najmeh Ahledel , Komalpreet Kaur Saini , Martin Couillard , Elena A. Baranova","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Catalytic complete methane oxidation over Pd-MOx (MO<sub>x</sub> = SnO<sub>2</sub>, FeO<sub>x</sub>, and ZnO) nanoparticles deposited on YSZ solid electrolyte was evaluated for and compared to a monometallic Pd catalyst. To this end, the nanoparticles were synthesized via the polyol method and tested for methane oxidation in a temperature range from 200 to 475 °C under reducing, stoichiometric, and oxidizing reaction conditions in open-circuit conditions. The light-off experiments revealed that the presence of a second phase in the form of metal oxide (SnO<sub>2</sub> and ZnO) increased the catalytic rate of the reaction compared to monometallic palladium in all gas compositions. However, the addition of iron oxide to Pd showed a different behaviour, i.e., a strong inhibition of the reaction rate in the oxidizing and stoichiometric conditions and significant promotion in the reducing conditions. To gain an insight into the role of MO<sub>x</sub> in various conditions, the detailed electrochemical measurements were carried out at selected temperatures. The exchange current density (<em>i</em><sub>o</sub>) of the electrochemical process at the three phase bpoundary was found to depend on the oxidation state of the catalyst, which in turn influences the catalytic rate of Pd-MO<sub>x</sub>. Overall, the addition of the cheaper oxide to Pd significantly promotes the catalytic reaction, and the inverse relation between the catalytic rate and <em>i</em><sub>o</sub> was found in agreement with the electrochemical promotion of catalysis (EPOC) mechanism, where the lower exchange current density values correspond to the higher catalytic reaction rate of complete methane oxidaiton.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115827"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142536421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gazal Sabharwal , Khilesh C. Dwivedi , Chandan Das , Thakur Rochak Kumar Rana , Arnab Dutta , Gopalan Rajaraman , Maravanji S. Balakrishna
{"title":"Detailed mechanistic studies on PNN-palladium pincer complex catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction proceeding through a PdII/PdIII/PdIV catalytic cycle","authors":"Gazal Sabharwal , Khilesh C. Dwivedi , Chandan Das , Thakur Rochak Kumar Rana , Arnab Dutta , Gopalan Rajaraman , Maravanji S. Balakrishna","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, synthesis, Pd and Pt complexes and catalytic investigations of a tridentate pincer ligand 2-(diphenylphosphaneyl)-N-(pyridine-2-ylmethyl)benzamide, {(<em>o</em>-PPh<sub>2</sub>)C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>C(O)N(H)CH<sub>2</sub>(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>N)} (<strong>1</strong>), (hereafter referred to as “PN(H)N” and its anionic form as “PNN”) is described. Reaction of <strong>1</strong> with MCl<sub>2</sub>(COD) resulted in pincer complexes [MCl(PNN-κ<sup>3</sup>-P,N,N)] (Pd <strong>2</strong>, Pt <strong>3</strong>), whereas the same reaction with Pd(OAc)<sub>2</sub> afforded [CH<sub>3</sub>C(O)OPd(PNN-κ<sup>3</sup>-P,N,N)] (<strong>4</strong>). The structures of all of the compounds are confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The palladium complex <strong>4</strong> promoted the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction between aryl halides and boronic acids to form the corresponding biphenyls in excellent yields. The catalytic investigation supported by spectroscopic studies and DFT calculations suggested the involvement of Pd<sup>II</sup>/Pd<sup>IV</sup> catalytic cycle <em>via</em> a short lived Pd<sup>III</sup> intermediate, which transforms into Pd<sup>IV</sup> species rapidly. The catalytic process proceeded with a very low catalyst loading under relatively mild reaction conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115825"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Unnatti Sharma , Angela Nguyen , John R. Kitchin , Zachary W. Ulissi , Michael J. Janik
{"title":"Enumeration of surface site nuclearity and shape in a database of intermetallic low-index surface facets","authors":"Unnatti Sharma , Angela Nguyen , John R. Kitchin , Zachary W. Ulissi , Michael J. Janik","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115795","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115795","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Active late transition metal (TM) atoms embedded in a post-transition metal host lattice can lead to surfaces with well-defined active site geometry. We developed an open-source toolkit to catalog and classify intermetallic surfaces for their surface site nuclearity using crystal graph representations. Our tool was used to systematically enumerate 29,002 low Miller index surfaces across a set of 30 possible active TM/inactive post-TM metal combinations from the AFLOW database. A Surface Nuclearity Calculator was developed to identify surfaces that expose active sites with isolated surface clusters of a specific number (nuclearity) of late TM atoms. The tool also identifies the shape of the isolated surface TM cluster. The Surface Nuclearity Calculator can be used by others to identify intermetallic compositions and surface terminations that will expose active sites of desired size and shape.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115795"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdelilah Bayout , Claudia Cammarano , Izabel Medeiros Costa , Gleb Veryasov , Alexander Sachse , Vasile Hulea
{"title":"Highly para-selective alkylation of toluene by methyl mercaptan over silylated ZSM-5 zeolite","authors":"Abdelilah Bayout , Claudia Cammarano , Izabel Medeiros Costa , Gleb Veryasov , Alexander Sachse , Vasile Hulea","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115828","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115828","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Friedel-Crafts alkylation of toluene with methyl mercaptan has been investigated in the presence of H-ZSM-5 and SiO<sub>2</sub>/H-ZSM-5 catalysts. The silica layers have been built on H-ZSM-5 zeolite by chemical liquid deposition of tetraethyl orthosilicate. The passivation with silica of the external surface of H-ZSM-5 zeolite has been confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy and mesitylene isomerization, used as a model reaction. All catalysts exhibited notable behavior in the alkylation of toluene to xylenes. Efficiencies higher than 98 % in alkylation for both toluene and methyl mercaptan were obtained at 375 °C. In terms of <em>para</em>-selectivity, outstanding performance was revealed by the silylated zeolites. Thus, over 12 % SiO<sub>2</sub>/H-ZSM-5, at 375 °C and WHSV = 9.4 g<sub>toluene+CH3SH</sub> g<sub>cat</sub><sup>-1</sup>h<sup>−1</sup>, the <em>para</em>-xylene selectivity was close to 100 %. The experimental apparent activation energy for the toluene alkylation with methyl mercaptan catalyzed by H-ZSM-5 was 80 kJ/mol.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115828"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominic Walter , Jonathan Hackebeil , Conrad Hübler , Erik Schumann , Andreas Lißner , Bianca Störr , Mykhaylo Motylenko , David Rafaja , Florian Mertens
{"title":"Deactivation of Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts by sintering in liquid phase assisted methanol synthesis from CO2/H2 and a way to counteract it","authors":"Dominic Walter , Jonathan Hackebeil , Conrad Hübler , Erik Schumann , Andreas Lißner , Bianca Störr , Mykhaylo Motylenko , David Rafaja , Florian Mertens","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The sintering process on Cu/ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts in the heterogeneous liquid phase assisted methanol synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>2</sub> was investigated. In order to better understand the sintering event, in addition to standard methods (XRD, XPS, BET, ICP-OES) microscopic techniques with different magnifications such as SEM-EDX, AFM, and TEM were used. Water has been identified as the sintering agent. In addition to eliminating water with CO, another way was found to remove water from the catalyst surface and therefore to counteract the sintering during catalysis. This goal can be achieved by using highly polar solvents allowing to synthesize MeOH solely from carbon dioxide and hydrogen, without deactivating the catalyst or using carbon monoxide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115829"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harol Moreno Fernández , Achim Alkemper , Kai Wang , Crizaldo Jr. Mempin , Julia Gallenbeger , Jan P. Hofmann
{"title":"Kinetic analysis of the self-discharge of the NiOOH OER active phase in KOH electrolyte: insights from in-situ Raman and UV–Vis reflectance spectroscopies","authors":"Harol Moreno Fernández , Achim Alkemper , Kai Wang , Crizaldo Jr. Mempin , Julia Gallenbeger , Jan P. Hofmann","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>NiOOH has been established as the active phase of NiO-based electrocatalysts in the alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER). Here, we investigate the self-discharge behavior of NiOOH electrodes under open circuit potential (OCP) conditions in 1 M KOH electrolyte by monitoring phase changes via in-situ Raman and UV–Vis reflectance spectroscopies and performing kinetic analyses on the OCP and spectroscopic data. Our findings reveal a linear phase change from NiOOH to Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> over time, indicative of a 0<sup>th</sup>-order reduction reaction. Contrarily, the OCP evolution associated with this phase reduction displayed a combination of linear and exponential decay patterns as a result of various kinetics, including Faradaic processes and diffusion-controlled mechanisms, influencing the self-discharge potential over 1.25 V (vs RHE). An additional linear region at lower potentials (<1.25 V (vs RHE)) suggests that charge redistribution due to the phase change from α-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> to β-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> dominates the self-discharge, a behavior confirmed by in-situ UV–Vis reflectance spectroscopy. These findings highlight the effectiveness of combining in-situ Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopy with electrochemical data for real-time monitoring of electrochemical processes, here potential-dependent electrocatalyst phase changes, leading to a more detailed and accurate understanding of the dynamic behavior, phase change kinetics, and self-discharge behaviors of solid electrocatalysts that can guide the design of more efficient and durable energy storage and conversion materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115823"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142519377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient photoreforming of plastic waste using a high-entropy oxide catalyst","authors":"Thanh Tam Nguyen , Kaveh Edalati","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Simultaneous catalytic hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) production and plastic waste degradation under light, known as photoreforming, is a novel approach to green fuel production and efficient waste management. Here, we use a high-entropy oxide (HEO), a new family of catalysts with five or more principal cations in their structure, for plastic degradation and simultaneous H<sub>2</sub> production. The HEO shows higher activity than that of P25 TiO<sub>2</sub>, a benchmark photocatalyst, for the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics in water. Several valuable products are produced by photoreforming of PET bottles and microplastics including H<sub>2</sub>, terephthalate, ethylene glycol and formic acid. The high activity is attributed to the diverse existence of several cations in the HEO lattice, lattice defects, and appropriate charge carrier lifetime. These findings suggest that HEOs possess high potential as new catalysts for concurrent plastic waste conversion and clean H<sub>2</sub> production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115808"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142488083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing coke resistance of Ni-based spinel-type oxides by tuning the configurational entropy","authors":"Shuangshuang Zhang , Ying Gao , Qiang Niu , Pengfei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reforming of CH<sub>4</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> into syngas is a highly relevant technology for energy conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, attracting widespread attention in the industry. Inspired by this, this work proposes a general criterion for coke-resistant nickel-based catalysts. By leveraging the high-entropy effect and the lattice distortion of the structure, a high-entropy (NiCaMgZnCo)Al<sub>10</sub>O<sub>x</sub> catalyst was synthesized. The high-entropy oxide exhibited good activity and stability during the DRM reaction over 100 h at 800°C and 650°C, producing only a minimal amount of easily removable carbon deposition. O<sub>2</sub>-TPO, CO<sub>2</sub>-TPD, CH<sub>4</sub>-TPSR, CO<sub>2</sub>-TPSR, DFT and in situ DRIFT were employed to investigate the mechanism of carbon deposition elimination on the surface of the high-entropy catalyst. Then, a high-entropy strategy for designing coke-resistant catalysts was proposed. This strategy may soon inspire the development of catalysts with enhanced stability and anti-coke deposition properties for various catalytic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catalysis","volume":"440 ","pages":"Article 115819"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142488179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}