Regulation of the selective hydrogenation performance of sulfur-doped carbon-supported palladium on chloronitrobenzene

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2022.11.007

Abstract

Abstract: The overall performance of metal catalysts can be efficiently adjusted by modifying carbon carriers with different valence sulfur precursors. The wet impregnation technique successfully prepared carbon material carriers doped with varying sources of sulfur (Na₂SO₄, NaHSO₃, Na₂S·9H₂O). Palladium carbon catalysts doped with different sulfur precursors had been prepared with the aid of the liquid-phase reduction method of the selective hydrogenation of o-chloronitrobenzene (o-CNB) to o-chloroaniline (o-CAN). The catalyst prepared for Na₂S·9H₂O as a precursor has excellent performance, and the selectivity for o-CAN is more than 99.9% at 100% conversion. In addition, the characterization results show that with the decrease of S valence, the electronic effect between S and Pd increases, and the outer electron shift of Pd increases, which reduces the adsorption and dissociation ability of Pd to hydrogen, resulting in excellent selectivity. The effects provided a good idea for the hydrogenation of o-CNB and a different point of view on sulfur doping in a variety of hydrogenation reactions.

Key words: Catalyst, Hydrogenation, Selectivity, Sulfur doping, Electronic effect

摘要： The overall performance of metal catalysts can be efficiently adjusted by modifying carbon carriers with different valence sulfur precursors. The wet impregnation technique successfully prepared carbon material carriers doped with varying sources of sulfur (Na₂SO₄, NaHSO₃, Na₂S·9H₂O). Palladium carbon catalysts doped with different sulfur precursors had been prepared with the aid of the liquid-phase reduction method of the selective hydrogenation of o-chloronitrobenzene (o-CNB) to o-chloroaniline (o-CAN). The catalyst prepared for Na₂S·9H₂O as a precursor has excellent performance, and the selectivity for o-CAN is more than 99.9% at 100% conversion. In addition, the characterization results show that with the decrease of S valence, the electronic effect between S and Pd increases, and the outer electron shift of Pd increases, which reduces the adsorption and dissociation ability of Pd to hydrogen, resulting in excellent selectivity. The effects provided a good idea for the hydrogenation of o-CNB and a different point of view on sulfur doping in a variety of hydrogenation reactions.

关键词: Catalyst, Hydrogenation, Selectivity, Sulfur doping, Electronic effect

Qunfeng Zhang, Bingcheng Li, Yuan Zhou, Deshuo Zhang, Chunshan Lu, Feng Feng, Jinghui Lv, Qingtao Wang, Xiaonian Li. Regulation of the selective hydrogenation performance of sulfur-doped carbon-supported palladium on chloronitrobenzene[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 58(6): 69-75.

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