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Selective catalytic hydrogenation of polynuclear heteroaromatic nitrogen compounds with polymer-supported transition-metal compounds. [Quinoline, 5,6- and 7,8-benzoquinoline, acridine and phenanthridine]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5544851

The selective catalytic hydrogenation of model coal compounds such as quinoline, 5,6- and 7,8-benzoquinoline, acridine and phenanthridine were studied using transition metal catalysts supported on 2% or 20% cross-linked phosphinated divinylbenzene-polystyrene beads. In all cases, only the nitrogen heterocyclic ring in the above-mentioned polynuclear heteroaromatic nitrogen compounds was reduced, while it was found that the 2% cross-linked beads were three times more active per metal atom than their 20% cross-linked analogues and forty times more active than its homogeneous counterpart using quinoline as the model coal compound and polymer-supported Wilkinson's catalyst. A discussion of these results are presented along with data to show; clearly, the potential of these polymer-supported catalysts in the selective reduction of polynuclear heteroaromatic nitrogen compounds in the presence of known coal liquid constituents such as pyrene, tetralin, methylnaphthalenes, cresols and 2-methylpyridine.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
5544851
Report Number(s):
LBL-15985; CONF-830549-2; ON: DE84001326
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English