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Title: Effect of 4,4′-dialkyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligands on the hydrolysis of dichlorodioxomolybdenum(VI) catalyst precursors and the switch from homogeneous epoxidation to heterogeneous systems
Author: Gomes, Diana M.
Gomes, Ana C.
Neves, Patrícia
Almeida Paz, Filipe A.
Valente, Anabela A.
Gonçalves, Isabel S.
Pillinger, Martyn
Keywords: Molybdenum
Bipyridine ligands
Epoxidation
Bioolefins
Reaction-induced self-separating catalysts
Issue Date: Nov-2024
Publisher: Elsevier
Abstract: Molybdenum catalysts have been industrially recognized for decades for liquid phase epoxidation, which is an important chemical reaction process, since epoxides are used for many industrial applications. In this work, molybdenum oxide hybrid catalysts, prepared by a reflux hydrolysis methodology, performed effectively as heterogeneous catalysts or reaction-induced self-separating catalysts under mild reaction conditions; in the two cases, the catalyst separation and reuse are facilitated. Specifically, catalysts with the general formula [MoO3(L)], possessing polymeric chain-like (L = 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (1)) or oligomeric (L = 4,4′-dinonyl-2,2′-bipyridine (2)) structures comprising corner-sharing {MoO4N2} units, were synthesized and characterized by various complementary techniques (ATR FT-IR, Raman, 13C{1H} CP MAS NMR spectroscopy, PXRD, SEM, TGA, elemental analysis, ICP-OES and N2 sorption isotherms). Small chemical differences in the organic synthesis precursor had important structure directing effects on the type of hybrid material formed. The hybrids promoted olefin epoxidation with H2O2 or tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant. For example, 1 catalyzed the conversion of biobased olefins (70 °C) and lignin-based isoeugenol (50 °C) with TBHP to useful bioproducts, in heterogeneous phase, leading to an epoxide yield of 100 % for DL-limonene (3:1 M molar ratio of 1,2-epoxy-p-menth-8-ene to 1,2:8,9-diepoxy-p-menthane), 81 % epoxide yield for fatty acid methyl esters, and 80 % Licarin A selectivity at 40 % isoeugenol conversion. For dienes (DL-limonene, methyl linoleate), kinetic modelling studies suggested that the formation of the monoepoxides was faster than that of diepoxides, accounting for enhanced monoepoxide selectivity.
Peer review: yes
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/42786
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115782
ISSN: 0021-9517
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