Increasing the Aromatic Selectivity of Quinoline Hydrogenolysis Using Pd/MO_x–Al₂O₃

Journal Article · Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Catalysis Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-014-1346-x· OSTI ID:1347000

Bachrach, Mark ^[1]; Morlanes-Sanchez, Natalia ^[2]; Canlas, Christian P. ^[3]; Miller, Jeffrey T. ^[4]; Marks, Tobin J. ^[1]; Notestein, Justin M. ^[5]

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1. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
3. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
5. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Catalysts consisting of Pd nanoparticles supported on highly dispersed TiO_x–Al₂O₃, TaO_x–Al₂O₃, and MoO_x–Al₂O₃ are studied for catalytic quinoline hydrogenation and selective C–N bond cleavage at 275 °C and 20 bar H₂. Lastly, the Pd/MO_x–Al₂O₃ materials exhibit significantly greater aromatic product selectivity and thus 10–15 % less required H₂ for a given level of denitrogenation relative to an unmodified Pd/Al₂O₃ catalyst.

• Research Organization: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0006718; SC0001329
• OSTI ID: 1347000
• Journal Information: Catalysis Letters, Journal Name: Catalysis Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 144; ISSN 1011-372X
• Publisher: Springer
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH