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Ye R, Huang YY, Chen CC, Yao YG, Fan M, Zhou Z. Emerging catalysts for the ambient synthesis of ethylene glycol from CO 2 and its derivatives. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:2711-2725. [PMID: 36752126 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06313a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ethylene glycol (EG), a useful chemical raw material, has been widely applied in many aspects of modern society. The conventional preparation of ethylene glycol mainly uses the petroleum route at high temperatures and pressure. More and more approaches have been developed to synthesize EG from CO2 and its derivatives under mild conditions. In this review, the ambient synthesis of EG from thermocatalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis is highlighted. The coal-to-ethylene glycol technology, one of the typical thermal catalysis routes for EG preparation, is relatively mature. However, it still faces some problems to be solved in industrialization. The recent progress in the development of coal-to-ethylene glycol technology is introduced. The main focus is on how to realize the preparation of EG under mild conditions. The strategies include doping promoters, modification of supports, design of catalysts with special structures, etc. Furthermore, the emerging technological progress of photocatalytic and electrocatalytic ethylene glycol synthesis under ambient conditions is introduced. Compared with the thermal catalytic reaction, the reaction conditions are milder. However, there are still many problems in large-scale production. Finally, we propose future development issues and related prospects for the ambient synthesis of EG using different catalytic routes.
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- Runping Ye
- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Environment and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China. .,College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471934, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China.
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- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, USA. .,College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China.
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Boron-doped lamellar porous carbon supported copper catalyst for dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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β-Cyclodextrin promoted the formation of copper phyllosilicate on Cu-SiO2 microspheres catalysts to enhance the low-temperature hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Giorgianni G, Mebrahtu C, Perathoner S, Centi G, Abate S. Hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol on Cu/SiO2 catalysts prepared by a deposition-decomposition method: Optimization of the operating conditions and pre-reduction procedure. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Insights into a New Formation Mechanism of Robust Cu/SiO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature Dimethyl Oxalate Hydrogenation Induced by a Chelating Ligand of EDTA. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12030320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The Cu/SiO2 catalyst has been widely used in dimethyl oxalate (DMO) hydrogenation due to its low cost and high efficiency. However, the reaction temperature of DMO hydrogenation is higher than the Hüttig temperature of Cu, and the smaller Cu particles are easier to agglomerate. Therefore, there is much interest in constructing a catalyst with a small particle size and strong stability. In the present work, the effect of introducing EDTA on Cu/SiO2 catalysts is systematically investigated. It not only was beneficial to form smaller copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) but also to enhance the stability of Cu species by introducing a suitable amount of EDTA. Furthermore, the surface Cu species were more evenly dispersed, and the number of active sites was increased with the introduction of EDTA; subsequently, the synergistic effect between Cu+ and Cu0 was enhanced. The best performance of 0.08E-Cu/SiO2 had been achieved in the DMO hydrogenation to ethylene glycol (EG), and the DMO conversion and EG selectivity reached 99.9% and 97.7%, respectively. Above all, the 0.08E-Cu/SiO2 catalyst exhibited a high level of stability during the 1200 h life test at 180 °C.
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Veerakumar P, Velusamy N, Thanasekaran P, Lin KC, Rajagopal S. Copper supported silica-based nanocatalysts for CuAAC and cross-coupling reactions. REACT CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2re00095d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recent advances in Cu/SiO2-based heterogeneous catalysts for click reaction, C–N, C–S, and C–O coupling reactions are reviewed and summarized.
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- Pitchaimani Veerakumar
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Dai W, Li M, Wei J, Yang Q, Feng Y, Yang C, Yang W, Wang MY, Ma X. Mechanistic insight into formaldehyde hydroformylation catalyzed by rhodium complexes: A theoretical and experimental study. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jiang H, Liu Y, Xing W, Chen R. Porous Membrane Reactors for Liquid-Phase Heterogeneous Catalysis. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hong Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China
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Zhao Y, Kan X, Yun H, Wang D, Li N, Li G, Shen J. Synthesis of a high surface area and highly dispersed Cu-O-Si complex oxide used for the low-temperature hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol. CATAL COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Sun Y, Ma Q, Ge Q, Sun J. Tunable Synthesis of Ethanol or Methyl Acetate via Dimethyl Oxalate Hydrogenation on Confined Iron Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yannan Sun
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Copper Phyllosilicates-Derived Catalysts in the Production of Alcohols from Hydrogenation of Carboxylates, Carboxylic Acids, Carbonates, Formyls, and CO2: A Review. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11020255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Copper phyllosilicates-derived catalysts (CuPS-cats) have been intensively explored in the past two decades due to their promising activity in carbonyls hydrogenation. However, CuPS-cats have not been completely reviewed. This paper focuses on the aspects concerning CuPS-cats from synthesis methods, effects of preparation conditions, and dopant to catalytic applications of CuPS-cats. The applications of CuPS-cats include the hydrogenation of carboxylates, carboxylic acids, carbonates, formyls, and CO2 to their respective alcohols. Besides, important factors such as the Cu dispersion, Cu+ and Cu0 surface areas, particles size, interaction between Cu and supports and dopants, morphologies, and spatial effect on catalytic performance of CuPS-cats are discussed. The deactivation and remedial actions to improve the stability of CuPS-cats are summarized. It ends up with the challenges and prospective by using this type of catalyst.
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Wu J, Li T, Meng G, Xiang Y, Hai J, Wang B. Carbon nanofiber supported Ni–ZnO catalyst for efficient and selective hydrogenation of pyrolysis gasoline. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00548k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Ni–ZnO/C nanofibers could be used directly for the hydrogenation of the model feed of pyrolysis gasoline without any passivation and exhibited better activity, selectivity, and stability than commercial Ni/Al2O3 catalyst.
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- Jie Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
- Tianshui Normal University
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- Lanzhou Petrochemical Research Center
- PetroChina
- Lanzhou 730060
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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Tsou YJ, To TD, Chiang YC, Lee JF, Kumar R, Chung PW, Lin YC. Hydrophobic Copper Catalysts Derived from Copper Phyllosilicates in the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:54851-54861. [PMID: 33232108 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A reduction-silylation-reduction method was developed to synthesize hydrophobic Cu catalysts derived from Cu phyllosilicates (CuPS). Triethoxy(octyl)silane (OTS) was used as the coupling agent. The OTS-grafted, reduced CuPS catalysts were applied in the hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL). The most promising catalyst was synthesized by reducing CuPS at a high temperature (350 °C for 3 h), followed by OTS grafting, and then by repeating the previous reduction step. High LA conversion (95.7%), GVL yield (85.2%), and stability (3 cycles with a 7.5% loss of initial activity) were obtained at a mild reaction condition (130 °C with a H2 pressure of 12 bar). A high reduction temperature not only leads to a low oxidation state of Cu species but also suppresses the formation of silylation-induced acids. Moreover, the intrinsic activity of a reduced CuPS catalyst was nearly intact after subjecting to silylation and the second reduction treatment.
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- Ya-Ju Tsou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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