Polymer Encapsulated Cobalt-Based Catalysts (Co EnCatTM ) for Selective Continuous Hydrogenation of 1-Iodo-4-nitrobenzene

Autor: Tanmay Godiawala, Patrick Loos, Jorma Hassfeld, Hannes Alex, John Barry, Norbert Steinfeldt, Todor Baramov
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ChemCatChem. 9:3210-3217
ISSN: 1867-3880
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700391
Popis: New cobalt catalysts confined in an EnCatTM polyurea matrix by micro-encapsulation of Al5Co2 or Al5Co2/Al3Ni2 phase containing alloys are disclosed for the reductive hydrogenation of 1-iodo-4-nitrobenzene 1. The product 4-iodo-aniline 2 readily undergoes hydro-desiodination and was used to demonstrate the extraordinary selectivity. Co EnCatTM significantly suppressed this follow-up reaction under both batch and flow modes. The correlation between performance, elemental composition, and alloy content is presented for these novel catalysts. Among them, the hybrid micro-encapsulated Co-Ni catalyst showed higher activity than its Ni-free analogue. In the flow process, this catalyst gave a high yield of 2 and very low level of 3. Hence, these novel Co EnCatTM catalysts hold promise with respect to the continuous-flow hydrogenation of challenging halogenated nitroaromatic compounds.
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