Base-Free Transfer Hydrogenation of Menthone by Sub- and Supercritical Alcohols
Full article
Common |
Language:
Английский,
Genre:
Full article,
Status:
Published,
Source type:
Original
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Journal |
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids
ISSN: 0896-8446
, E-ISSN: 1872-8162
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Output data |
Year: 2019,
Volume: 145,
Pages: 162-168
Pages count
: 7
DOI:
10.1016/j.supflu.2018.12.011
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Tags |
Base-free Enolization Menthone Raney® nickel Supercritical alcohols Transfer hydrogenation |
Authors |
Philippov Alexey
1,2
,
Chibiryaev Andrey M.
1,2
,
Martyanov Oleg
1,2
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Affiliations |
1 |
Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
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2 |
Novosibirsk State University
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Funding (3)
1
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Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations
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V.44.1.15.
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2
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Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations
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0303-2016-0001
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3
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Russian Foundation for Basic Research
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18-29-06022
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The base-free transfer hydrogenation (HTR) of menthone with six aliphatic alcohols as hydrogen source has been developed under sub- and supercritical conditions. Under sc conditions (at 350 °C and 78–210 atm) without any catalyst, all alcohols demonstrated the similar H-donor activity, which was high enough. The menthone conversion was about 64 ± 5 % for 5 hours of the reaction, whereas the selectivity on menthol reached 92–99 % for all alcohols except MeOH (73 %). The non-catalytic HTR at 250 °C was very slow and the conversion in the most active 2-PrOH was only 7.0–7.5 % for 9 hours of the reaction. Under subcritical conditions at 150 °C, the non-catalytic menthone reduction was negligible in all alcohols. But in secondary 2-PrOH and 2-BuOH, the base-free HTR catalyzed by Raney® nickel results in excellent conversion and selectivity of menthol at 150 °C, whereas no conversion of menthone was observed in primary alcohols under the same reaction conditions. A quasi-equilibrium of isomeric menthone/isomenthone mixture reached via enolization was evaluated under sub- and supercritical conditions and the Gibbs energies of the isomerization in each alcohol were calculated