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Catalysis: Concepts and Green Applications

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The big picture


Practical approaches Green chemistry Strategic goal Sustainable development Green engineering Industrial ecology Renewable energy Operational tools Catalysis

Waste management Process intensification

Monitoring tools Life-cycle assessment E-factor, atom economy

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The drivers of green chemistry


Economic benefit Lower capital investment Lower operating costs

Societal pressure Improved public image Safer and smaller plants

Government legislation Less hazardous materials

Green chemistry

High fines for waste

Pollution control

Producer responsibility

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Oxidation of diphenylmethanol to benzophenone

stoichiometric reagents

3 OH
diphenyl methanol

+ 2CrO3 + 3H2SO4

3 O
benzophenone

+ 2Cr2(SO4)3 + 6H2O
waste

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Relative efficiency of various engine types


100 90 80 70 % Efficiency 50 50 40 30 20 10 Gas electric Diesel electric Microturbine Hydrogen fuel cell Costs of obtaining hydrogen

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The traditional propene oxide route

+ HOCl
propylene

OH Cl
chlorohydrin

O + HCl
propylene oxide

+ HCl + NaOH

+ NaCl + H2O

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The SMPO process


Zeolite

+ CH2=CH2
ethylbenzene

+ O2 OOH
ethylbenzene hydroperoxide

+ OOH
Alumina

Ti/SiO2 OH + H2O
styrene

OH

Catalytic oxidation of propene


+ OOH
Mo catalyst

OH

OCH3
MTBE

t-butyl hydroperoxide

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The four stages of life-cycle assessment

Life-cycle assessment

Stage 1 Defining the scope

Stage 2 Inventory analysis

Stage 3 Impact analysis

Stage 4 Improvement analysis

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Different types of catalysts


H F F B F

homogeneous acid catalysts

N H

CO2H
L-proline (organocatalyst)

enzyme (biocatalyst)

zeolite (crystalline

aluminosilicate)

OMe P P OMe

Rh

(R,R)-DiPAMP-Rh (organometallic complex)

copper-zinc crystallites on silica

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Examples of chemo- and diastereoselectivity


-pinene oxide diastereomers

O + O2
-pinene CrCl3

O + + O
verbenone

Regioselectivity
+ CO + H2 C5H11

Rh complex

O + C5H11
iso-nonanal nonanal

Enantioselectivity
MeO N + H2 MeO
Ir complex

MeO * NH + * NH

prochiral imine

(R)-enantiomer

(S)-enantiomer

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Base-catalysed transesterification of triglycerides


R2 O O R1 O O O O
triglycerides OH catalyst

OH

R1COOMe

+ 3MeOH R3

OH + R2COOMe OH
glycerol

R3COOMe
fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) used as biodiesel

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Figure 1.11

2x Ligand

base:HX
base

Pd0L4

Ligand

L L Pd H X R
Ligand

R Ar X Ar X base
catalyst

Pd L L

Ar L Pd X Ar L Pd R X
Ligand

Ar Ar

Pd L X Ar R

base:HX

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Figure 1.12

catalyst:

N O Zn N O O O O
n

O +

O + CO2
25 oC

trans

cis 98%

(R)-limonene oxide

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Figure 1.13

metal crystallite

CH3CH2CH3
oxide support

CH3CH=CH2 H H3C CH2

H H3C CH3 H

H H3C CH2 H
H H3C CH2 H

H3C

CH2

H2 H H

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Figure 1.14

OH

Y-zeolite

OH +
-cyclogeraniol

OH
-cyclogeraniol

geraniol

H
Zeolite Y

Lewis acid

Lewis acid

OH H

OH

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Figure 1.15

N
acrylonitrile

+ H2O

Rhodococcus (nitrile hydratase)

NH2 O
acrylamide

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Figure 1.16
E. coli cell

OH O
H2 5000 KPa
Ni/Al2O3

OH H2O3PO OH

OH O H OH

OH OH
D-glucose

HO O
O2 900 KPa
Co, 160 oC

CO2H

HO O

CO2H

CO2H O O O OH OH OH

OH H2O3PO OH

OH

OH +

HO2C CO2H OH
conc. HNO3
catechol

OH

cis,cismuconic acid

OH
Cu, NH4NO3

OH

CO2H

O HO O OH

Adipic acid

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Figure 1.17

I 2 R
aryl iodide

+ Cu R
biaryl

+ CuI2 R

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Figure 1.18
X 2 R
aryl halide

+ Pd0

R
biaryl

+ PdIIX2 R

PdIIX2 + H2
Pd0 PdII

Pd0 + 2HX

X 2 R
where X = Cl, Br, I

+ H2

+ 2HX R

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Figure 1.19

+ 2
benzene benzyne biphenyl

+ 1/2O2
Pd0 PdII

+ Pd Cl2

II

AcOH

+ PdIIH2 + 2Cl+ H2O


Co(OAc)3 AcOH

PdIIH2 + 2Cl- + 1/2O2

PdCl2 + 2H2O

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Figure 1.20
O O O

AlCl3

1
2-methylpropylbenzene

2
NaOEt

O
O Cl

1
HF

O O

OEt

O H
4

H3O+

H2O

O O

OEt

2
Raney Nickel

O
H2

NH2OH

N
5

OH C
6

N
7
Pd

OH
CO

COOH
Ibuprofen

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Figure 1.21
Activity testing Mechanistic studies

Synthesis tools

Characterisation tools

Modelling tools

Novel reactor concepts Parallel screening Process intensification

Spectroscopy

Quantum mechanics Molecular simulations

Surface science

Microscopy

Data mining

Kinetic studies

Process simulations

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Figure 1.22

substrates infrared flow cell

pump substrate loop solvent reservoir catalyst loop micromixer air loop

waste

air bubble substrate pulse mixed substrate/ catalyst pulse

catalysts

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Figure 1.23

+ CrO3

O + CrO + H2O

valencene 1 mol% OsO4

nootkatone, 85% yield

O + 2NaCl + H2O

+ 2NaOCl

65% yield

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Figure 1.24
NH2 2
aniline

+ 4MnO2 + 5H2SO4 O 2 O
benzoquinone

+ (NH4)2SO4 + 4MnSO4 + 4H2O

O + Fe + H2O O

OH + Fe + H2O OH
hydroquinone

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Figure 1.25
Raw materials

Carton paperboard Aluminium foil

Carton filling

Consumer

Waste management

LDPE

Carton manufacturing

Landfill disposal

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Figure 1.26
O

O CH3 + H2 R

Fe Ph2P

OH CH3 R
8599% ee

Ru
toluene, 50 bar, 25 C

R Cl CH3O F

substrate:catalyst 50,000 20,000 500

time, h 78 1 1

conversion, % 99 92 100

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Figure 1.27
O CN
acrylonitrile hydroformylation

+ CO + H2

CN

NH4CN

-cyanopropionaldehyde 93% yield

NH2 NC CN
Strecker intermediate 95% yield

2H2O NaOH NH2 HOOC COOH + 2NH3


glutamic acid (racemate) > 99% yield

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