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Title: Catalytic performance and mechanism for oxygenated compound formation for ethylene hydroformylation over supported Ru-M bimetallic carbonyl cluster-derived catalysts

Journal Article · · Journal of Catalysis; (United States)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Jilin Univ., Changchun (China)
  2. Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)

The catalytic performance in ethylene hydroformylation over SiO[sub 2], MgO, and carbon-supported Ru, Ru-Co, Ru-Mn, Ru-Cr, and Co carbonyl cluster-derived catalysts has been investigated, and it was found that the catalysts derived from Ru monometallic and Ru-Co bimetallic carbonyl clusters are active in ethylene hydroformylation. The presence of Co atoms in Ru-Co carbonyl clusters led to a remarkable increase in the rate of product formation, especially for oxygenates. The Ru-Mn bimetallic carbonyl cluster-derived catalyst showed similar conversion, but it exhibited poor activity and selectivity for oxygenates as compared with catalysts derived from Ru[sub 6]C(CO)[sub 17]. In contrast to the Ru[sub 6]C(CO)[sub 17] carbonyl cluster-derived catalyst, the Ru-Cr bimetallic carbonyl cluster-derived catalyst exhibited very low activity and selectivity for ethane and oxygenates, indicating that the Cr sites in Ru-Cr bimetallic carbonyl cluster-derived catalyst have a poisoning effect on ethylene hydroformylation. The nature of support has been shown to have a large influence on the catalytic activity and selectivity of the resulting catalyst. The effect of Co promotion in Ru-Co carbonyl clusters on silica and carbon was much stronger than that on MgO. The nature of these Ru-Co/SiO[sub 2] catalysts has been investigated by infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopes. 70 refs., 14 figs., 6 tabs.

OSTI ID:
7027899
Journal Information:
Journal of Catalysis; (United States), Vol. 147:2; ISSN 0021-9517
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English