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Published on: March 19, 2020
Supported Cobalt Catalysts for Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation
Kamila Kaźmierczak1,2, Catherine Pinel1, Stéphane Loridant1
1IRCELYON, Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, 69626, Villeurbanne, France.
Abstract:
The acceptor-less dehydrogenation of 2-octanol was tested over cobalt supported on Al2 O3 , C, ZnO, ZrO2 and various TiO2 substrates. The catalysts were characterized by ICP, XRD and TGA-H2 . For Co/TiO2 P25, the effects of passivation, aging (storage at room temperature), and in situ activation under H2 were investigated. The catalysts must be tested shortly after synthesis in order to prevent deactivation. Cobalt supported on TiO2 P25 was the most active and 69 % yield of 2-octanone was obtained, using decane as a solvent. Selectivities for 2-octanone were observed in the range of 90 % to 99.9 %. Small amounts of C16 compounds were also formed due to aldol condensation/dehydration reactions. The catalysts exhibited higher conversion in the dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols (65-69 %), in comparison to primary alcohols (2-10 %). The dehydrogenation of 1,2-octanediol led to 1-hydroxy-2-octanone, with a selectivity of 90 % and 69 % for Co/TiO2 P25 and Co/TiO2 P90, respectively.
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