Hydrogenation of alkadienes. 9. 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation catalyzed by rhenium and by sulfur-contaminated rhenium

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 04:00:00 EST 1978 · J. Catal.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9517(78)90273-7· OSTI ID:5782762

Grant, J; Moyers, R B; Wells, P B

Hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on rhenium film, silica-supported rhenium, and rhenium on various aluminas in a static reactor yielded 54% 1-butene, 30% trans-2-butene, 13% cis-2-butene, and 3% butane. A zero yield of butane obtained with rhenium on a commercial alumina and with rhenium wire was shown to be due to sulfur contamination, which was transported from the support to the metal through the gas phase. The butene formation was first order in hydrogen, -0.5 order in butadiene, and had an activation energy of 35 kj/mole. The similarities of these results and of the isomer distributions from the reaction of butadiene with deuterium with the previously discussed mechanism of the butadiene hydrogenation on nickel suggested that the same mechanism applies. The low conversion to butane is attributed to the small amount of occluded hydrogen in rhenium. Diagram, graph, tables, and 21 references.

• Research Organization: Coll. of Higher Education, Hull, Canada
• OSTI ID: 5782762
• Journal Information: J. Catal.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Catal.; (United States) Vol. 57:3; ISSN JCTLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ALKANES
ALKENES
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ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BUTADIENE
BUTANE
BUTENES
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DEUTERIUM
DIENES
ELEMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
HYDROGENATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METALS
MINERALS
NICKEL
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYENES
RHENIUM
SILICA
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
STABLE ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS