Gold catalysts supported on TiO2-nanotubes for the selective hydrogenation of p-substituted nitrobenzenes

Cecilia C. Torres, Verónica A. Jiménez, Cristian H. Campos, Joel B. Alderete, Robinson Dinamarca, Tatiana M. Bustamente, Barbara Pawelec

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Gold nanoparticles supported on titania nanotubes (TiO2NT) were synthesized and employed as an efficient catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzenes. Materials characterization by N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, XRD, HRTEM, DRS UV–vis, and XPS revealed that structured materials with high metal dispersion were obtained. The catalytic properties of these materials were tested using nitrobenzene and eight p-substituted analogs as model compounds with the aim of gaining insight into the role of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents on the rate and selectivity of hydrogenation to the corresponding p-substituted anilines. Catalytic data showed pseudo first order kinetics for all compounds, with minimum formation of reaction intermediates and absence of condensation side products. Quantum chemical computational calculations demonstrated that the experimental kinetic constants (k) for the series of nitrobenzenes under study were described by a multilinear regression equation using the substituent Hammet sigma constant (σ), and the calculated solvation energy of the reactants (ΔGsolv) as predictor variables. The catalyst activity-structure correlation revealed that electronic effects are critical for the reaction kinetics, and that electron-withdrawing groups increase the hydrogenation rates over electron-donating substituents. Solvation plays also a relevant role as less solvated species interact better with the catalyst surface and react faster than highly solvated substrates. These results are valuable to design novel efficient strategies for the selective hydrogenation of nitrocompounds.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)21-27
Número de páginas7
PublicaciónMolecular Catalysis
Volumen447
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 mar. 2018

Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus

  • Catálisis
  • Química de procesos y tecnología
  • Química física y teórica

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