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Promoting effects of Se on Rh/ZrO sub 2 catalysis for ethene hydroformylation

Journal Article · · Journal of Catalysis; (USA)

The positive effects of Se added to Rh/ZrO{sub 2} catalysts in ethene hydroformylation were studied from the viewpoints of promoter effects of electronegative atoms usually regarded as poisoning atoms as well as electronic interactions with both substrate metal and adsorbed species. Se-modified Rh/ZrO{sub 2} catalysts prepared by the reactive deposition of (CH{sub 3}){sub 2}Se or coimpregnation method using SeO{sub 2} were found to be active and selective for ethene hydroformylation. The Se addition promoted the formation of propanol rather than propanal, the propanol formation being increased more than 70 times at an optimum {number sign} Se/Rh ratio. The propanoyl intermediates were observed at ca. 1770 cm{sup {minus}1} and converted reversibly to propionate species (bridge and digentate) observed at 1425-1575 cm{sup {minus}1}. The ensemble of Se{sup 2{minus}}/Rh was suggested to promote CO adsorption and the insertion of CO to ethyl species, where there is an electronic interaction between Se{sup 2{minus}} and CO or propanoyl species. The isotope effects of D{sub 2} and {sup 13}C{sup 18}O showed the switchover of the rate-determining step for hydroformylation from the CO insertion on the Rh/ZrO{sub 2} catalysts to the dissociative adsorption of H{sub 2} on the Se-Rh/ZrO{sub 2} catalysts. The role of Se is discussed in relation with the reaction mechanism.

OSTI ID:
5515029
Journal Information:
Journal of Catalysis; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Catalysis; (USA) Vol. 127:2; ISSN 0021-9517; ISSN JCTLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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