Issue 63, 2016

New hybrid materials based on the grafting of Pd(ii)-amino complexes on the graphitic surface of AC: preparation, structures and catalytic properties

Abstract

A novel procedure for the preparation of solid Pd(II)-based catalysts consisting of the anchorage of designed Pd(II)-complexes on an activated carbon (AC) surface is reported. Two molecules of the Ar–S–F type (where Ar is a plane-pyrimidine moiety, F a Pd(II)-ligand and S an aliphatic linker) differing in F, were grafted on AC by π–π stacking of the Ar moiety and the graphene planes of the AC, thus favouring the retaining of the metal-complexing ability of F. Adsorption of Pd(II) by the AC/Ar–S–F hybrids occurs via Pd(II)-complexation by F. After deep characterization, the catalytic activities of the AC/Ar–S–F/Pd(II) hybrids on the hydrogenation of 1-octene in methanol as a catalytic test were evaluated. 100% conversion to n-octane at T = 323.1 K and P = 15 bar, was obtained with both catalysts and most of Pd(II) was reduced to Pd(0) nanoparticles, which remained on the AC surface. Reusing the catalysts in three additional cycles reveals that the catalyst bearing the F ligand with a larger Pd-complexing ability showed no loss of activity (100% conversion to n-octane) which is assigned to its larger structural stability. The catalyst with the weaker F ligand underwent a progressive loss of activity (from 100% to 79% in four cycles), due to the constant aggregation of the Pd(0) nanoparticles. Milder conditions, T = 303.1 K and P = 1.5 bar, prevent the aggregation of the Pd(0) nanoparticles in this catalyst allowing the retention of the high catalytic efficiency (100% conversion) in four reaction cycles.

Graphical abstract: New hybrid materials based on the grafting of Pd(ii)-amino complexes on the graphitic surface of AC: preparation, structures and catalytic properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2016
Accepted
02 Jun 2016
First published
07 Jun 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 58247-58259

New hybrid materials based on the grafting of Pd(II)-amino complexes on the graphitic surface of AC: preparation, structures and catalytic properties

M. Luz Godino-Salido, M. D. Gutiérrez-Valero, R. López-Garzón, P. Arranz-Mascarós, A. Santiago-Medina, M. Melguizo, M. Domingo-García, F. J. López-Garzón, V. K. Abdelkader-Fernández, C. Salinas-Martínez de Lecea and M. C. Román-Martínez, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 58247 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA08858A

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