| Literature DB >> 29610628 |
Ilse M Denekamp1, Martijn Antens1, Thierry K Slot1, Gadi Rothenberg1.
Abstract
We study the allylic oxidation of cyclohexene with O2 under mild conditions in the presence of transition-metal catalysts. The catalysts comprise nanometric metal oxide particles supported on porous N-doped carbons (M/N:C, M=V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Nb, Mo, W). Most of these metal oxides give only moderate conversions, and the majority of the products are over-oxidation products. Co/N:C and Cu/N:C, however, give 70-80 % conversion and 40-50 % selectivity to the ketone product, cyclohexene-2-one. Control experiments in which we used free-radical scavengers show that the oxidation follows the expected free-radical pathway in almost all cases. Surprisingly, the catalytic cycle in the presence of Cu/N:C does not involve free-radical species in solution. Optimisation of this catalyst gives >85 % conversion with >60 % selectivity to the allylic ketone at 70 °C and 10 bar O2. We used SEM, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and XRD to show that the active particles have a cupric oxide/cuprous oxide core-shell structure, giving a high turnover frequency of approximately 1500 h-1. We attribute the high performance of this Cu/N:C catalyst to a facile surface reaction between adsorbed cyclohexenyl hydroperoxide molecules and activated oxygen species.Entities:
Keywords: autoxidation; doping; heterogeneous catalysis; nanoparticles; sustainable chemistry
Year: 2018 PMID: 29610628 PMCID: PMC5873426 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701538
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ChemCatChem ISSN: 1867-3880 Impact factor: 5.686
Cyclohexene oxidation in the presence of different catalysts.[a]
| Entry | Catalyst | Conversion [%] | Selectivity [%] | ||||
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| 1 | None | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 80 |
| 2 | Ccit | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | N:C | 49 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 64 |
| 4 | W@N:C | 43 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 67 |
| 5 | Ni@N:C | 44 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 63 |
| 6 | Mo@N:C | 45 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 69 |
| 7 | Fe@N:C | 53 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 74 |
| 8 | Nb@N:C | 58 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 61 |
| 9 | V@N:C | 64 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 63 |
| 10 | Cr@N:C | 66 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 56 |
| 11 | Cu@N:C | 71 | 47 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Co@N:C | 80 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 |
[a] Reaction conditions: 10 bar O2; 2,5 mL (24,7 mmol) cyclohexene; 0.5 mL (1.85 mmol) cyclohexane (IS); 10 mg catalyst; 15 mL MeCN; stirred in an autoclave (1000 rpm); 70 °C; 16 h.
Oxidation of cyclohexene with various copper oxide and cobalt oxide catalysts.[a]
| Entry | Catalyst |
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| 1 | Co@N:C | 70 | 80 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 |
| 2 | Co@Alu | 70 | 56 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 74 |
| 3b | Co@N:C | 70 | 87 | 43 | 6 | 11 | nd[c] | 40 |
| 4 | Co@N:C | 80 | 87 | 41 | 12 | 5 | nd[c] | 42 |
| 5 | Cu@N:C | 70 | 71 | 47 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Cu@Alu | 70 | 77 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| 7b | Cu@N:C | 70 | 86 | 61 | 15 | 8 | nd[c] | 16 |
| 8 | Cu@N:C | 80 | 85 | 53 | 10 | 17 | nd[c] | 20 |
[a] Reaction conditions: 10 bar O2; 2.5 mL (24.7 mmol) cyclohexene; 0.5 mL (1.85 mmol) cyclohexane (IS); 10 mg carbon catalyst, 73 mg alumina catalyst; 15 mL MeCN; stirred in an autoclave (1000 rpm); 16 h. [b] 1.0 mL H2O2 added (10 wt %, 3.3 mmol, 13 mol % based on cyclohexene). [c] Not determined.
Effects of the addition of free‐radical scavengers.[a]
| Entry | Catalyst | Addition | Conversion [%] | Selectivity [%] | |||
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| 1[b] | N:C | – | 49 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 69 |
| 2[b,c] | N:C | BHT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Co@N:C | – | 87 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 42 |
| 4[c] | Co@N:C | BHT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Cu@N:C | – | 85 | 53 | 10 | 17 | 20 |
| 6[c] | Cu@N:C | BHT | 76 | 46 | 10 | 20 | 24 |
[a] Reaction conditions: 10 bar O2; 2.5 mL (24.7 mmol) cyclohexene; 0.5 mL (1.85 mmol) cyclohexane (IS); 10 mg carbon catalyst; 15 mL MeCN; stirred in an autoclave (1000 rpm); 80 °C; 16 h. [b] Reaction temperature 70 °C. [c] 354 mg BHT added (7 mol % based on cyclohexene).
Figure 1Scanning electron micrograph of Cu/N:C at ×15 000 magnification (an image with particle measurements is included in the Supporting Information).
Figure 2XPS spectra of Cu/N:C and pristine N:C that show the O 1s, Cu 1/2p and 3/2p, N 1s and C 1s binding energies. Impregnation of copper oxide on the N:C increases the O content but does not affect the N or C peaks. Notably, the N and C spectra are normalised for clarity.
Figure 3Proposed reaction pathways for the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexene with O2 in the presence of Cu/N:C. a) Oxygen activation at the support surface followed by radical migration into solution. b) Insertion of activated oxygen into the allylic C−H bond to give the adsorbed hydroperoxide D followed by either c) rearrangement to the ketone A and water or d) reaction with another cyclohexene molecule to give two molecules of the alcohol C.