Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 2849-2857Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06005g
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 21878162, 21978137]
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A green catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination yielding a VCM is presented using imidazole as a single component metal-free catalyst. The mechanisms and reactivities of imidazole-catalyzed acetylene hydrochlorination have been investigated by combined computational and experimental studies. The electronic effects of ortho-substituents on the reactivities have also been investigated. Through theoretical calculations and experimental studies, the nitrogen-atom including a lone pair active site of single component imidazole for metal-free acetylene hydrochlorination is proposed. It is suggested that the nitrogen-atom including a lone pair of imidazole adsorbs an HCl molecule to form an imidazole-HCl complex, which serves as the active catalyst to participate in the reaction process of acetylene hydrochlorination. Besides, the results show that C2H2 assists in the electrophilic addition of HCl, undergoing an almost planar six-membered ring transition state. Computational studies on the ortho-substitution of the active sites will have an important impact on the catalytic efficiency.
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