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Title: Study of hydrogenation of olefins catalyzed by polymer-bound palladium(II) complexes

Journal Article · · J. Catal.; (United States)

The initial hydrogenation rates in 1:1 benzene-ethanol at 25/sup 0/C and 1 atm pressure over catalysts prepared by complexing palladium chloride with diphenylphosphinated polystyrene were (in ml/min): styrene 8.10, 1-heptene 3.94, 2-heptene 0.59, cyclooctene 0.07, allylbenzene 5.10, 1,5-cyclooctadiene 0.93, 1,3-cyclooctadiene 5.26, isoprene 9.60, 1-hexyne 2.98, and phenylacetylene 3.53. Functional groups were not hydrogenated. Highest activities were obtained with oxygen-containing solvents such as dimethyl formamide, ethyl alcohol, or acetone, which solvated the catalyst species. Detailed kinetic data, measured for cyclohexene, styrene, and 1,3-cyclooctadiene resembled those of heterogeneous catalysis. Deuteration of dimethyl maleate and dimethyl fumarate with the polymer-bound palladium catalyst showed exclusively cis-deuteration. The polymer complex was much more active for olefin hydrogenation than the corresponding homogeneous catalyst, dichlorbis (triphenylphosphine) palladium(II). The higher activity of the polymer complex is attributed to lower electron density on palladium, allowing easier nucleophilic attack. Graphs, tables, spectra, and 19 references.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Osaka, Japan
OSTI ID:
5782757
Journal Information:
J. Catal.; (United States), Vol. 57:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English