Heterogeneously Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions Using ... - CHEC
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CHAPTER 1<br />
oxidation is the most intensively studied reaction (especially for palladium) within liquid phase<br />
oxidations.<br />
Scheme 1‐3: <strong>Oxidation</strong> reactions over platinum group metals.<br />
The interest in gold as a catalyst material has reached out from low‐temperature CO<br />
oxidation [7, 23, 24]. From there the use of gold was broadened to liquid phase transformations of<br />
course including the selective oxidation of alcohols [25, 26] but gold has also shown interesting<br />
activity in epoxidation reactions activating molecular oxygen directly without the need for a sacrificial<br />
reductant like H2, hydrocarbons or aldehydes [27‐29]. While a high focus was laid on gold in liquid<br />
phase oxidation reactions, the other coinage metals – silver and copper – have received less<br />
attention. The literature review in Chapter 2 will show if this is justified highlighting the strengths and<br />
opportunities of these lighter coinage metals. Chapter 3 and 4 evaluate the performance of silver<br />
catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols and alkyl aromatic compounds, respectively. By a special<br />
screening approach an interesting promoter effect of nano‐sized ceria was found which in the case of<br />
alcohol oxidation was also observed with palladium and gold catalysts. Whether ceria was a<br />
promoter or inhibitor depended on the substrate for the side‐chain oxidation of alkyl aromatic<br />
compounds.<br />
Ru/Al2O3 R NH2 R NH2 Pt-NPs<br />
HO OH<br />
O2 O O<br />
A fairly new field of research is the use of pressurized – often slightly simplified called<br />
“supercritical” 1 – CO2 (Figure 1‐2) as a solvent in combination with molecular oxygen [30, 31]. The<br />
use of CO2 can have various advantages; one certainly is the increased safety making last but not<br />
least working in the laboratory with oxygen and organic substrates at high pressures considerably<br />
more comfortable. The high solubility of oxygen can increase rates of reactions limited by oxygen<br />
mass transport though a high oxygen availability can also deactivate the catalyst due to<br />
1<br />
”Supercritical“ applies strictly speaking only to pure compounds.<br />
4<br />
O 2<br />
10%Pd/C<br />
O 2, DMSO<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O