Nb/SiO2 prepared by co-precipitation synthesis kept fully its epoxidation activity during the first two recycles, with a gradual decrease in activity in the following runs. Conversely, Nb/SiO2 prepared by deposition suffered from a more marked loss of activity since the first reuses. Most of the isolated Nb sites were maintained and no large Nb2O5 domains were formed during the recovery and regeneration tests. The distribution, geometry and coordination state of the Nb sites was therefore preserved, especially for the Nb/SiO2 sample prepared via co-precipitation. The presence of small Nb2O5 domains, even formed during repeated recycles, was not detrimental for the epoxidation reaction and, in general, Nb(V) sites inserted in a silica matrix proved to be a rather robust epoxidation catalyst for alkenes in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Two types of niobium-containing silica catalysts, (i) in-framework mixed oxide, obtained by co-precipitation type synthesis, and (ii) grafted niobium sites on silica supports, obtained via post-synthesis deposition from niobocene dichloride, were prepared. Both solids were tested in a series of five repeated batch-wise liquid-phase epoxidation tests of limonene with 50% aqueous hydrogen peroxide.

The stability of niobium-silica catalysts in repeated liquid-phase epoxidation tests: A comparative evaluation of in-framework and grafted mixed oxides

Palumbo Chiara;Psaro Rinaldo;Guidotti Matteo
2015

Abstract

Two types of niobium-containing silica catalysts, (i) in-framework mixed oxide, obtained by co-precipitation type synthesis, and (ii) grafted niobium sites on silica supports, obtained via post-synthesis deposition from niobocene dichloride, were prepared. Both solids were tested in a series of five repeated batch-wise liquid-phase epoxidation tests of limonene with 50% aqueous hydrogen peroxide.
2015
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari - ISTM - Sede Milano
Nb/SiO2 prepared by co-precipitation synthesis kept fully its epoxidation activity during the first two recycles, with a gradual decrease in activity in the following runs. Conversely, Nb/SiO2 prepared by deposition suffered from a more marked loss of activity since the first reuses. Most of the isolated Nb sites were maintained and no large Nb2O5 domains were formed during the recovery and regeneration tests. The distribution, geometry and coordination state of the Nb sites was therefore preserved, especially for the Nb/SiO2 sample prepared via co-precipitation. The presence of small Nb2O5 domains, even formed during repeated recycles, was not detrimental for the epoxidation reaction and, in general, Nb(V) sites inserted in a silica matrix proved to be a rather robust epoxidation catalyst for alkenes in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Niobium
Heterogeneous catalysis
Mesoporous silica
Hydrogen peroxide
Alkene epoxidation
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