Conversion of butyronitrile to butylamines on noble metals: Effect of solvent on catalyst activity and selectivity

The liquid-phase hydrogenation of butyronitrile to butylamines was studied on Pt(0.27%)/SiO2, Pd(0.33%)/SiO2 and Ru(1.80%)/SiO2 using n-butanol, toluene and cyclohexane as solvents. In n-butanol, Pt and Pd catalysts formed preponderantly dibutylamine and minor amounts of tributylamine while Ru/SiO2...

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Autores: Segobia, Dario Jobino, Trasarti, Andres Fernando, Apesteguia, Carlos Rodolfo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/31058
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/31058
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Butyronitrile
Butylamine
Hydrogenation
Noble Metals
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Sumario:The liquid-phase hydrogenation of butyronitrile to butylamines was studied on Pt(0.27%)/SiO2, Pd(0.33%)/SiO2 and Ru(1.80%)/SiO2 using n-butanol, toluene and cyclohexane as solvents. In n-butanol, Pt and Pd catalysts formed preponderantly dibutylamine and minor amounts of tributylamine while Ru/SiO2 yielded mainly butylamine. Replacing n-butanol by toluene or cyclohexane caused significant changes in catalyst activity and selectivity. These changes were interpreted by relating the catalyst performance with the solvent-catalyst interaction strength that was investigated by temperature-programmed desorption of solvents and mass spectrometry. Pd/SiO2 strongly deactivated with the progress of the reaction in all the solvents.