Zhu, Jian published the artcileSuperb Ni-foam-structured nano-intermetallic InNi3C0.5 catalyst for hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol, Category: esters-buliding-blocks, the publication is Chemical Engineering Journal (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2021), 130857, database is CAplus.
A high-performance Ni-foam-structured nano-intermetallic InNi3C0.5 catalyst is developed for the gas-phase hydrogenation of di-Me oxalate (DMO) to ethylene glycol (EG). The InNi3C0.5/Ni-foam catalyst is obtainable by hydrothermal growth of NiC2O4 onto the Ni-foam, impregnation with In2O3 precursor, subsequent calcination and carburization in a syngas. Despite DMO cascade hydrogenation to MG, then to EG, and finally to EtOH, such catalyst hydrogenates DMO dexterously until to EG with a high turnover frequency of 636 h-1, because the 3Ni-In and 3Ni-C sites on InNi3C0.5(1 1 1) effectively activate DMO but hinder EG over-hydrogenation to EtOH. Favorable reaction pathway on the InNi3C0.5(1 1 1) surface predicted theor. is DMO* → CH3OCOCO* → CH3OCOCHO* → CH3OCOCHOH* → MG* → CH3OCHOCH2OH* → CHOCH2OH* → HOCHCH2OH* → EG*. Moreover, the neutral Ni-foam diminishes the formation of ethers and diols. The catalyst achieves full DMO conversion with 96-98% EG selectivity and is stable for at least 2500 h under industrial-relevant conditions, and can also hydrogenate a broad scope of carbonyl compounds to corresponding alcs. with high yields.
Chemical Engineering Journal (Amsterdam, Netherlands) published new progress about 627-93-0. 627-93-0 belongs to esters-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Ploymers, name is Dimethyl adipate, and the molecular formula is C2H2N4O2, Category: esters-buliding-blocks.
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