A Sustainable Palladium-Intercalated Montmorillonite Clay Catalytic System for Imine Hydrogenation under Mild
Unnati Gupta1, R Krishnapriya1, Rakesh K Sharma1
1Unnati Gupta, Dr. R. Krishnapriya and Prof. Rakesh K Sharma*, Sustainable Materials and Catalysis Research Laboratory (SMCRL), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342037, India.
Abstract:
A series of palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) intercalated montmorillonite clay catalysts is reported for hydrogenation of 3-diphenyl prop-2-en-1-imine under mild reaction conditions. Pd/clay catalyst was prepared by a simple wet-impregnation method, and the physicochemical properties were characterized extensively by various techniques including N2 adsorption, XRD, TEM, XPS and TPR etc., which showed the intercalation of active Pd NPs between the clay layers. The effect of reaction conditions such as catalyst loading, reaction time, temperature and H2 pressure is explored, and thereby a plausible mechanism is proposed. The optimum amount of 6 wt % Pd/clay catalyst showed significant catalytic activity to yield 3-phenyl propyl aniline with 100 % conversion and selectivity under 5 bar pressure and a shorter reaction period of 3.5 h at 100 °C. The developed catalytic system unveiled excellent reusability over five cycles and hence paved the way for industrial applications.
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