Methyl N-phenyl carbamate synthesis over Zn/Al/Ce mixed oxide derived from hydrotalcite-like precursors

Autor: Ning Zhao, Xiaomei Chen, Ying Guo, Dajiang Tang, Hai Zhou, Min Kang
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: RSC Advances. 9:42474-42480
ISSN: 2046-2069
Popis: Methyl N-phenyl carbamate (MPC) is an important intermediate for the green synthesis of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) as well as many other important products. In the present work, Zn/Al/Ce mixed oxides derived from hydrotalcite-like precursors were employed as effective and recoverable heterogeneous catalyst for MPC synthesis via DMC aminolysis. Zn/Al/Ce hydrotalcite-like precursors prepared via coprecipitation method and the resulting catalysts were characterized by means of XRD, BET, SEM and XPS. Strong interactions within the Zn/Al/Ce mixed oxides were observed via the addition of appropriate amount of cerium. The mixed oxides containing 2.5% cerium showed high DMC aminolysis activity giving aniline conversion of 95.8%, MPC selectivity of 81.6% and MPC yield of 78.2%. Moreover, as a heterogeneous catalyst, it also exhibited superiorities of easy recovery and recyclable stability for MPC synthesis.
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