Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 100, Issue 2, Pages 114-122Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2021-0097
Keywords
hollow carbon spheres; hydrogenation; cinnamaldehyde; cobalt; catalysis
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- National Research Foundation, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand (Postgraduate Merit Award)
- DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (CoE-SM)
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A vapour phase flow system was used to study the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde using cobalt catalysts supported inside and outside hollow carbon spheres (HCSs). The results showed that the Co@HCS catalyst exhibited better conversion and product selectivity compared to the Co/HCS catalyst. Catalyst particle size and reaction temperature were found to affect the efficiency of the reaction.
The hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde is usually performed in the liquid phase in batch mode. In this study, a vapour phase flow system has been used to evaluate the use of cobalt catalysts supported inside and outside hollow carbon spheres (HCSs). The influence of temperature, hydrogen flow rate, and catalyst mass on the hydrogenation reaction was investigated. The catalysts generally showed modest conversion to the required products, hydrocinnamaldehyde, 3-phenyl propanol, cinnamyl alcohol, together with formation of various decomposition products. The data revealed that the Co@HCS showed better conversion and product selectivity compared with the Co/HCS. The catalysts with smaller particle sizes (ca. 6 nm) were more efficient than those with larger particles (30-40 nm). An increase in reaction temperature (200-300 degrees C) resulted in a lower cinnamaldehyde conversion and a poor product selectivity. TPR studies revealed that the Co@HCSs had a stronger metal-support interaction than the Co/ HCSs catalysts. Catalyst recycling studies revealed that only the Co/HCSs could be regenerated (four cycles) and post reaction analysis of the catalysts revealed that this was due to HCS pore blockage and not Co sintering.
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