Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 2817-2825Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04906
Keywords
epoxidation; hydrogen peroxide; selective oxidation; supported catalyst; metal oxide catalyst; metal-organic framework
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- Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, an EFRC - DOE, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0012702]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship [DGE-1324585]
- Northwestern University Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes (ICEP)
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-03ER15457]
- Northwestern University
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Catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has been of the utmost importance for several decades. The vast majority of studies have been performed in the condensed phase, even though condensed phases introduce complex solvent effects and can promote the leaching of active sites. In response, we have built a custom reactor system to understand H2O2 activation and selective oxidation in the vapor-phase. In this report, we study the epoxidation of cyclohexene with H2O2 over four Lewis-acidic metal oxide catalysts: Ti and Nb grafted on SiO2 and on the Zr based metal-organic framework, NU-1000. The M-SiO2 materials are highly selective to the formation of epoxides and diols, as they can be in the condensed phase, while the NU-1000 based materials are far more prone to overoxidation to CO2, which appears to be connected to their strong reactant adsorption. Apparent activation energies are calculated for all materials when operating in the same kinetic regime, and the heats of cyclohexene adsorption into their pores are then used to directly compare intrinsic enthalpies of activation in the vapor vs condensed phase for the M-SiO2 catalysts. Nb-SiO2 catalysts exhibit similar intrinsic enthalpies of activation in the vapor and condensed phases, whereas the condensed phase transition state in Ti-SiO2 is 24 kJ/mol lower in energy than that of the same material in the vapor phase. These experiments establish another methodology for understanding the various roles of solvent in selective oxidation reactions and studying these reactions under conditions that differ significantly from the thousands of prior studies in the condensed phase.
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