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Tébar-Soler C, Diaconescu VM, Simonelli L, Missyul A, Perez-Dieste V, Villar-García I, Gómez D, Brubach JB, Roy P, Corma A, Concepción P. Stabilization of the Active Ruthenium Oxycarbonate Phase for Low-Temperature CO 2 Methanation. ACS Catal 2024; 14:4290-4300. [PMID: 38510664 PMCID: PMC10949189 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Interstitial carbon-doped RuO2 catalyst with the newly reported ruthenium oxycarbonate phase is a key component for low-temperature CO2 methanation. However, a crucial factor is the stability of interstitial carbon atoms, which can cause catalyst deactivation when removed during the reaction. In this work, the stabilization mechanism of the ruthenium oxycarbonate active phase under reaction conditions is studied by combining advanced operando spectroscopic tools with catalytic studies. Three sequential processes: carbon diffusion, metal oxide reduction, and decomposition of the oxycarbonate phase and their influence by the reaction conditions, are discussed. We present how the reaction variables and catalyst composition can promote carbon diffusion, stabilizing the oxycarbonate catalytically active phase under steady-state reaction conditions and maintaining catalyst activity and stability over long operation times. In addition, insights into the reaction mechanism and a detailed analysis of the catalyst composition that identifies an adequate balance between the two phases, i.e., ruthenium oxycarbonate and ruthenium metal, are provided to ensure an optimum catalytic behavior.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carmen Tébar-Soler
- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- CELLS
- ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS
- ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS
- ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS
- ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS
- ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Synchrotron
SOLEIL, AILES beamline, L’Orme des Merisiers, 91190 Saint Aubin, France
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- Synchrotron
SOLEIL, AILES beamline, L’Orme des Merisiers, 91190 Saint Aubin, France
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Kwon S, Bello-Jurado E, Ikonnikova E, Lee H, Schwalbe-Koda D, Corma A, Willhammar T, Olivetti EA, Gomez-Bombarelli R, Moliner M, Román-Leshkov Y. One-Pot Synthesis of CHA/ERI-Type Zeolite Intergrowth from a Single Multiselective Organic Structure-Directing Agent. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024. [PMID: 38477906 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
We report the one-pot synthesis of a chabazite (CHA)/erionite (ERI)-type zeolite intergrowth structure characterized by adjustable extents of intergrowth enrichment and Si/Al molar ratios. This method utilizes readily synthesizable 6-azaspiro[5.6]dodecan-6-ium as the exclusive organic structure-directing agent (OSDA) within a potassium-dominant environment. High-throughput simulations were used to accurately determine the templating energy and molecular shape, facilitating the selection of an optimally biselective OSDA from among thousands of prospective candidates. The coexistence of the crystal phases, forming a distinct structure comprising disk-like CHA regions bridged by ERI-rich pillars, was corroborated via rigorous powder X-ray diffraction and integrated differential-phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy (iDPC S/TEM) analyses. iDPC S/TEM imaging further revealed the presence of single offretite layers dispersed within the ERI phase. The ratio of crystal phases between CHA and ERI in this type of intergrowth could be varied systematically by changing both the OSDA/Si and K/Si ratios. Two intergrown zeolite samples with different Si/Al molar ratios were tested for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3, showing competitive catalytic performance and hydrothermal stability compared to that of the industry-standard commercial NH3-SCR catalyst, Cu-SSZ-13, prevalent in automotive applications. Collectively, this work underscores the potential of our approach for the synthesis and optimization of adjustable intergrown zeolite structures, offering competitive alternatives for key industrial processes.
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- Soonhyoung Kwon
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Gallego M, Corma A, Boronat M. An alternative catalytic cycle for selective methane oxidation to methanol with Cu clusters in zeolites. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5914-5921. [PMID: 38293901 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05802f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Abstract
The partial oxidation of methane to methanol catalyzed by Cu-exchanged zeolites involves at present a three-step procedure that requires changing reaction conditions along the catalytic cycle. In this work we present an alternative catalytic cycle for selective methane conversion to methanol using as active species small Cu5 clusters supported on CHA zeolite. Periodic DFT calculations show that molecular O2 is easily activated on Cu5 clusters producing bi-coordinated O atoms able to dissociate homolytically a CH bond from CH4 and to react with the radical-like non-adsorbed methyl intermediate formed producing methanol, while competitive overoxidation to CO2 is energetically disfavored. The present mechanistic study opens a new avenue to design catalytic materials based on their ability to stabilize radical species.
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- Mario Gallego
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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Arias KS, Hurtado B, Climent MJ, Iborra S, Corma A. Noble-Metal-Free Carbon Encapsulated CoNi Alloy Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl) Furfural to Tetrahydrofurandiol in Aqueous Media. Chempluschem 2024:e202300643. [PMID: 38230921 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The selective hydrogenation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) into 2,5-bis-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran (BHMTHF) in flow reactor using water as a green solvent, has been achieved on a non-noble metal catalyst based on monodispersed CoNi alloy nanoparticles covered by a thin carbon layer. The alloyed catalyst containing CoNi (molar ratio 1 : 1) was prepared in a one-step synthesis following a hydrothermal method. Total conversion of HMF with 91 % selectivity to BHMTHF was achieved. The reaction network has been stablished, in which the carbonyl group of HMF is first reduced to alcohol giving the 2,5-bis-(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) with an apparent activation energy of 25 KJ/mol, and then the double bonds of the furan ring are hydrogenated (apparent Ea=31 KJ/mol). Formation of byproducts, mainly proceed from furan ring opening and ring rearrangement processes of BHMF, promoted by water. BHMTHF resulted a compound highly stable under reaction conditions. The fixed bed flow reactor was maintained operational for 65 h without observing any loss of catalytic activity and selectivity.
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- Karen S Arias
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Avda dels Tarongers s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Avda dels Tarongers s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Avda dels Tarongers s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Avda dels Tarongers s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Avda dels Tarongers s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Bai R, He G, Li L, Zhang T, Li J, Wang X, Wang X, Zou Y, Mei D, Corma A, Yu J. Encapsulation of Palladium Carbide Subnanometric Species in Zeolite Boosts Highly Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202313101. [PMID: 37792288 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
Abstract
The selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes is a crucial step in the synthesis of fine chemicals. However, the widely utilized palladium (Pd)-based catalysts often suffer from poor selectivity. In this work, we demonstrate a carbonization-reduction method to create palladium carbide subnanometric species within pure silicate MFI zeolite. The carbon species can modify the electronic and steric characteristics of Pd species by forming the predominant Pd-C4 structure and, meanwhile, facilitate the desorption of alkenes by forming the Si-O-C structure with zeolite framework, as validated by the state-of-the-art characterizations and theoretical calculations. The developed catalyst shows superior performance in the selective hydrogenation of alkynes over mild conditions (298 K, 2 bar H2 ), with 99 % selectivity to styrene at a complete conversion of phenylacetylene. In contrast, the zeolite-encapsulated carbon-free Pd catalyst and the commercial Lindlar catalyst show only 15 % and 14 % selectivity to styrene, respectively, under identical reaction conditions. The zeolite-confined Pd-carbide subnanoclusters promise their superior properties in semihydrogenation of alkynes.
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- Risheng Bai
- Department State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022, Valencia, España
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tiangong University, 300387, Tianjin, China
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
- Center for High-resolution Electron Microscopy (CħEM), School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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- Bruker (Beijing) Scientific Technology Co., Ltd., 100000, Beijing, China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tiangong University, 300387, Tianjin, China
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022, Valencia, España
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
- International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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Zhao M, Li C, Gómez D, Gonell F, Diaconescu VM, Simonelli L, Haro ML, Calvino JJ, Meira DM, Concepción P, Corma A. Low-temperature hydroformylation of ethylene by phosphorous stabilized Rh sites in a one-pot synthesized Rh-(O)-P-MFI zeolite. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7174. [PMID: 37935688 PMCID: PMC10630368 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42938-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Zeolites containing Rh single sites stabilized by phosphorous were prepared through a one-pot synthesis method and are shown to have superior activity and selectivity for ethylene hydroformylation at low temperature (50 °C). Catalytic activity is ascribed to confined Rh2O3 clusters in the zeolite which evolve under reaction conditions into single Rh3+ sites. These Rh3+ sites are effectively stabilized in a Rh-(O)-P structure by using tetraethylphosphonium hydroxide as a template, which generates in situ phosphate species after H2 activation. In contrast to Rh2O3, confined Rh0 clusters appear less active in propanal production and ultimately transform into Rh(I)(CO)2 under similar reaction conditions. As a result, we show that it is possible to reduce the temperature of ethylene hydroformylation with a solid catalyst down to 50 °C, with good activity and high selectivity, by controlling the electronic and morphological properties of Rh species and the reaction conditions.
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- Minjie Zhao
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica. Facultad Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, 11510-Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica. Facultad Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, 11510-Cádiz, Spain
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- Debora CLS@APS, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA
- Canadian Light Source Inc., 44 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 2V3, Canada
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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Rojas-Buzo S, Bohigues B, Salusso D, Corma A, Moliner M, Bordiga S. Synergic Effect of Isolated Ce 3+ and Pt δ+ Species in UiO-66(Ce) for Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal 2023; 13:9171-9180. [PMID: 37441231 PMCID: PMC10334465 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we have synthesized through an efficient electrostatic deposition a Pt single-atom catalyst (SAC) supported on a Ce-MOF. The basic solution employed in the impregnation process favors the deprotonation of the hydroxyl groups allocated on the clusters that can easily interact with the cationic Pt species. The resulting material, denoted as Pt/UiO-66(Ce), shows an increment of Ce3+ content, as demonstrated by UV-vis and Ce L3-edge XANES spectroscopy. These Ce3+ species and their corresponding oxygen vacancies are able to accommodate very disperse Pt single sites. Moreover, Pt L3-edge XANES and CO-FTIR spectroscopy confirm the cationic nature of the supported Ptδ+ (2+ < δ < 4+). For comparison purpose, we have synthesized and characterized a well-known Pt single-site catalyst supported on nanocrystalline ceria, denoted as Pt/nCeO2. Since the simultaneous presence of Ce3+ and Ptδ+ on the MOF clusters were able to activate the oxygen molecules and the CO molecule, respectively, we tested Pt/UiO-66(Ce) for the CO oxidation reaction. Interestingly, this catalyst showed ∼six-fold increment in activity in comparison with the traditional Pt/nCeO2 material. Finally, the characterization after catalysis reveals that the Pt nature is preserved and that the activity is maintained during 14 h at 100 °C without any evidence of deactivation.
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- Sergio Rojas-Buzo
- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, 10125 Turin, Italy
- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CS 40220, 38043 Cedex
9 Grenoble, France
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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Martínez C, Vidal-Moya A, Yilmaz B, Kelkar CP, Corma A. Minimizing rare earth content of FCC catalysts: Understanding the fundamentals on combined P-La stabilization. Catal Today 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Ferri P, Li C, Schwalbe-Koda D, Xie M, Moliner M, Gómez-Bombarelli R, Boronat M, Corma A. Approaching enzymatic catalysis with zeolites or how to select one reaction mechanism competing with others. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2878. [PMID: 37208318 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38544-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Approaching the level of molecular recognition of enzymes with solid catalysts is a challenging goal, achieved in this work for the competing transalkylation and disproportionation of diethylbenzene catalyzed by acid zeolites. The key diaryl intermediates for the two competing reactions only differ in the number of ethyl substituents in the aromatic rings, and therefore finding a selective zeolite able to recognize this subtle difference requires an accurate balance of the stabilization of reaction intermediates and transition states inside the zeolite microporous voids. In this work we present a computational methodology that, by combining a fast high-throughput screeening of all zeolite structures able to stabilize the key intermediates with a more computationally demanding mechanistic study only on the most promising candidates, guides the selection of the zeolite structures to be synthesized. The methodology presented is validated experimentally and allows to go beyond the conventional criteria of zeolite shape-selectivity.
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- Pau Ferri
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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Tébar-Soler C, Martin-Diaconescu V, Simonelli L, Missyul A, Perez-Dieste V, Villar-García IJ, Brubach JB, Roy P, Haro ML, Calvino JJ, Concepción P, Corma A. Low-oxidation-state Ru sites stabilized in carbon-doped RuO 2 with low-temperature CO 2 activation to yield methane. Nat Mater 2023:10.1038/s41563-023-01540-1. [PMID: 37142737 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01540-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The generation of methane fuel using surplus renewable energy with CO2 as the carbon source enables both the decarbonization and substitution of fossil fuel feedstocks. However, high temperatures are usually required for the efficient activation of CO2. Here we present a solid catalyst synthesized using a mild, green hydrothermal synthesis that involves interstitial carbon doped into ruthenium oxide, which enables the stabilization of Ru cations in a low oxidation state and a ruthenium oxycarbonate phase to form. The catalyst shows an activity and selectivity for the conversion of CO2 into methane at lower temperatures than those of conventional catalysts, with an excellent long-term stability. Furthermore, this catalyst is able to operate under intermittent power supply conditions, which couples very well with electricity production systems based on renewable energies. The structure of the catalyst and the nature of the ruthenium species were acutely characterized by combining advanced imaging and spectroscopic tools at the macro and atomic scales, which highlighted the low-oxidation-state Ru sites (Run+, 0 < n < 4) as responsible for the high catalytic activity. This catalyst suggests alternative perspectives for materials design using interstitial dopants.
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- Carmen Tébar-Soler
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, AILES Beamline, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, AILES Beamline, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, France
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain.
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Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic catalysts at the atomic and molecular level is very challenging due to the structural complexity of the bimetallic catalysts. Comparing the structural features and the catalytic performances of different bimetallic entities will favor the formation of a unified understanding of the structure-reactivity relationships in heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts and thereby facilitate the upgrading of the current bimetallic catalysts. In this review, we will discuss the geometric and electronic structures of three representative types of bimetallic catalysts (bimetallic binuclear sites, bimetallic nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) and then summarize the synthesis methodologies and characterization techniques for different bimetallic entities, with emphasis on the recent progress made in the past decade. The catalytic applications of supported bimetallic binuclear sites, bimetallic nanoclusters, and nanoparticles for a series of important reactions are discussed. Finally, we will discuss the future research directions of catalysis based on supported bimetallic catalysts and, more generally, the prospective developments of heterogeneous catalysis in both fundamental research and practical applications.
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Velty A, Corma A. Advanced zeolite and ordered mesoporous silica-based catalysts for the conversion of CO 2 to chemicals and fuels. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:1773-1946. [PMID: 36786224 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00456a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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For many years, capturing, storing or sequestering CO2 from concentrated emission sources or from air has been a powerful technique for reducing atmospheric CO2. Moreover, the use of CO2 as a C1 building block to mitigate CO2 emissions and, at the same time, produce sustainable chemicals or fuels is a challenging and promising alternative to meet global demand for chemicals and energy. Hence, the chemical incorporation and conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals has received much attention in the last decade, since CO2 is an abundant, inexpensive, nontoxic, nonflammable, and renewable one-carbon building block. Nevertheless, CO2 is the most oxidized form of carbon, thermodynamically the most stable form and kinetically inert. Consequently, the chemical conversion of CO2 requires highly reactive, rich-energy substrates, highly stable products to be formed or harder reaction conditions. The use of catalysts constitutes an important tool in the development of sustainable chemistry, since catalysts increase the rate of the reaction without modifying the overall standard Gibbs energy in the reaction. Therefore, special attention has been paid to catalysis, and in particular to heterogeneous catalysis because of its environmentally friendly and recyclable nature attributed to simple separation and recovery, as well as its applicability to continuous reactor operations. Focusing on heterogeneous catalysts, we decided to center on zeolite and ordered mesoporous materials due to their high thermal and chemical stability and versatility, which make them good candidates for the design and development of catalysts for CO2 conversion. In the present review, we analyze the state of the art in the last 25 years and the potential opportunities for using zeolite and OMS (ordered mesoporous silica) based materials to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals essential for our daily lives and fuels, and to pave the way towards reducing carbon footprint. In this review, we have compiled, to the best of our knowledge, the different reactions involving catalysts based on zeolites and OMS to convert CO2 into cyclic and dialkyl carbonates, acyclic carbamates, 2-oxazolidones, carboxylic acids, methanol, dimethylether, methane, higher alcohols (C2+OH), C2+ (gasoline, olefins and aromatics), syngas (RWGS, dry reforming of methane and alcohols), olefins (oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes) and simple fuels by photoreduction. The use of advanced zeolite and OMS-based materials, and the development of new processes and technologies should provide a new impulse to boost the conversion of CO2 into chemicals and fuels.
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- Alexandra Velty
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain.
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Gallego M, Corma A, Boronat M. Influence of the zeolite support on the catalytic properties of confined metal clusters: a periodic DFT study of O 2 dissociation on Cu n clusters in CHA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:30044-30050. [PMID: 36472457 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04915e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The catalytic properties of sub-nanometer Cun clusters are modified by interactions with inorganic supports used for their stabilization. In this work, the reactivity towards O2 dissociation of Cu5 and Cu7 clusters confined within the cavities of the CHA zeolite is theoretically investigated by means of periodic DFT calculations. Increasing the Al content in the zeolite framework not only modifies the cluster morphology, but also leads to a decrease in the electronic density available on the supported Cun clusters, which in turn leads to higher activation energies for O2 dissociation. Together with the cluster size and shape, the Si/Al ratio in the zeolite support appears as a potential parameter to finely tune the stability and oxidation properties of Cu-based catalysts.
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- Mario Gallego
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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Carceller JM, Arias KS, Climent MJ, Iborra S, Corma A. Enzymatic and chemo-enzymatic strategies to produce highly valuable chiral amines from biomass with ω-transaminases on 2D zeolites. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwac135. [PMID: 36131886 PMCID: PMC9479500 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Amino transaminases (ATAs) have been supported on a 2D ITQ-2 zeolite through electrostatic interactions, resulting in a highly stable active biocatalyst to obtain a variety of valuable chiral amines starting from prochiral ketones derived from biomass. We have extended the biocatalyst applications by designing a chemo-enzymatic process that allows, as the first step, prochiral ketones to be obtained from biomass-derived compounds through an aldol condensation–reduction step using a bifunctional metal/base catalyst. The prochiral ketone is subsequently converted into the chiral amine using the immobilized ATA. We show that it is feasible to couple both steps in a semi-continuous process to produce industrially relevant chiral amines with yields of >95% and ∼100% enantiomer excess.
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- J Miguel Carceller
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València , Valencia 46022 , Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València , Valencia 46022 , Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València , Valencia 46022 , Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València , Valencia 46022 , Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València , Valencia 46022 , Spain
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Gallego M, Corma A, Boronat M. Sub-nanometer Copper Clusters as Alternative Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol with Molecular O 2. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:4941-4951. [PMID: 35861145 PMCID: PMC10388348 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The partial oxidation of methane to methanol with molecular O2 at mild reaction conditions is a challenging process, which is efficiently catalyzed in nature by enzymes. As an alternative to the extensively studied Cu-exchanged zeolites, small copper clusters composed by just a few atoms appear as potential specific catalysts for this transformation. Following previous work in our group that established that the reactivity of oxygen atoms adsorbed on copper clusters is closely linked to cluster size and morphology, we explore by means of DFT calculations the ability of bidimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) Cu5 and Cu7 clusters to oxidize partially methane to methanol. A highly selective Eley-Rideal pathway involving homolytic C-H bond dissociation and a non-adsorbed radical-like methyl intermediate is favored when bicoordinated oxygen atoms, preferentially stabilized at the edges of 2D clusters, are available. Cluster morphology arises as a key parameter determining the nature and reactivity of adsorbed oxygen atoms, opening the possibility to design efficient catalysts for partial methane oxidation based on copper clusters.
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- Mario Gallego
- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Bello-Jurado E, Schwalbe-Koda D, Nero M, Paris C, Uusimäki T, Román-Leshkov Y, Corma A, Willhammar T, Gómez-Bombarelli R, Moliner M. Tunable CHA/AEI Zeolite Intergrowths with A Priori Biselective Organic Structure-Directing Agents: Controlling Enrichment and Implications for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201837. [PMID: 35506452 PMCID: PMC9401568 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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A novel ab initio methodology based on high‐throughput simulations has permitted designing unique biselective organic structure‐directing agents (OSDAs) that allow the efficient synthesis of CHA/AEI zeolite intergrowth materials with controlled phase compositions. Distinctive local crystallographic ordering of the CHA/AEI intergrowths was revealed at the nanoscale level using integrated differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy (iDPC STEM). These novel CHA/AEI materials have been tested for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx, presenting an outstanding catalytic performance and hydrothermal stability, even surpassing the performance of the well‐established commercial CHA‐type catalyst. This methodology opens the possibility for synthetizing new zeolite intergrowths with more complex structures and unique catalytic properties.
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- Estefanía Bello-Jurado
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, València, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, València, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, València, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, València, Spain
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Velty A, Iborra S, Corma A. Synthetic Routes for Designing Furanic and Non Furanic Biobased Surfactants from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202200181. [PMID: 35325511 PMCID: PMC9401603 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is one of the most valuable biomass platform molecules, enabling the construction of a plethora of high value-added furanic compounds. In particular, in the last decade, HMF has been considered as a starting material for designing biobased surfactants, not only because of its renewability and carbon footprint, but also because of its enhanced biodegradability. This Review presents recent examples of the different approaches to link the hydrophilic and lipophilic moieties into the hydrophobic furan (and tetrahydrofuran) ring, giving a variety of biobased surfactants that have been classified here according to the charge of the head polar group. Moreover, strategies for the synthesis of different non-furanic structures surfactant molecules (such as levulinic acid, cyclopentanols, and aromatics) derived from HMF are described. The new HMF-based amphiphilic molecules presented here cover a wide range of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance values and have suitable surfactant properties such as surface tension activity and critical micelle concentration, to be an important alternative for the replacement of non-sustainable surfactants.
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- Alexandra Velty
- Instituto de Tecnología QuímicaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAvenida de los Naranjos s/nValenciaE-46022Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología QuímicaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAvenida de los Naranjos s/nValenciaE-46022Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología QuímicaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAvenida de los Naranjos s/nValenciaE-46022Spain
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Hurtado B, Arias KS, Climent MJ, Concepción P, Corma A, Iborra S. Selective Conversion of HMF into 3-Hydroxymethylcyclopentylamine through a One-Pot Cascade Process in Aqueous Phase over Bimetallic NiCo Nanoparticles as Catalyst. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202200194. [PMID: 35362654 PMCID: PMC9401071 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been successfully valorized into 3-hydroxymethylcyclopentylamine through a one-pot cascade process in aqueous phase by coupling the hydrogenative ring-rearrangement of HMF into 3-hydroxymethylcyclopentanone (HCPN) with a subsequent reductive amination with ammonia. Mono- (Ni@C, Co@C) and bimetallic (NiCo@C) nanoparticles with different Ni/Co ratios partially covered by a thin carbon layer were prepared and characterized. Results showed that a NiCo catalyst, (molar ratio Ni/Co=1, Ni0.5 Co0.5 @C), displayed excellent performance in the hydrogenative ring-rearrangement of HMF into HCPN (>90 % yield). The high selectivity of the catalyst was attributed to the formation of NiCo alloy structures as hydrogenating sites that limited competitive reactions such as the hydrogenation of furan ring and the over-reduction of the formed HPCN. The subsequent reductive amination of HPCN with aqueous ammonia was performed giving the target cyclopentylaminoalcohol in 97 % yield. Moreover, the catalyst exhibited high stability maintaining its activity and selectivity for repeated reaction cycles.
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- Beatriz Hurtado
- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC)Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaAvda dels Tarongers s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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Cerezo-Navarrete C, Marin IM, García-Miquel H, Corma A, Chaudret B, Martínez-Prieto LM. Magnetically Induced Catalytic Reduction of Biomass-Derived Oxygenated Compounds in Water. ACS Catal 2022. [PMID: 37528952 PMCID: PMC10388291 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The development of energetically efficient processes for the aqueous reduction of biomass-derived compounds into chemicals is key for the optimal transformation of biomass. Herein we report an early example of the reduction of biomass-derived oxygenated compounds in water by magnetically induced catalysis. Non-coated and carbon-coated core-shell FeCo@Ni magnetic nanoparticles were used as the heating agent and the catalyst simultaneously. In this way it was possible to control the product distribution by adjusting the field amplitude applied during the magnetic catalysis, opening a precedent for this type of catalysis. Finally, the encapsulation of the magnetic nanoparticles in carbon (FeCo@Ni@C) strongly improved the stability of the magnetic catalyst in solution, making its reuse possible up to at least eight times in dioxane and four times in water.
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- Christian Cerezo-Navarrete
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- LPCNO, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, INSA, CNRS, UPS, Université de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- ITEAM Research Institute, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- LPCNO, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, INSA, CNRS, UPS, Université de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica (University of Seville), Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US); Avenida Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain
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Bello‐Jurado E, Schwalbe‐Koda D, Nero M, Paris C, Uusimäki T, Román‐Leshkov Y, Corma A, Willhammar T, Gómez‐Bombarelli R, Moliner M. Tunable CHA/AEI Zeolite Intergrowths with A Priori Biselective Organic Structure‐Directing Agents: Controlling Enrichment and Implications for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Estefanía Bello‐Jurado
- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 València Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Stockholm University Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 València Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Stockholm University Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 València Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Stockholm University Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 València Spain
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Rodenes M, Gonell F, Martín S, Corma A, Sorribes I. Molecularly Engineering Defective Basal Planes in Molybdenum Sulfide for the Direct Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by Reductive Coupling of Dinitroarenes with Aldehydes. JACS Au 2022; 2:601-612. [PMID: 35373204 PMCID: PMC8965831 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Developing more sustainable catalytic processes for preparing N-heterocyclic compounds in a less costly, compact, and greener manner from cheap and readily available reagents is highly desirable in modern synthetic chemistry. Herein, we report a straightforward synthesis of benzimidazoles by reductive coupling of o-dinitroarenes with aldehydes in the presence of molecular hydrogen. An innovative molecular cluster-based synthetic strategy that employs Mo3S4 complexes as precursors have been used to engineer a sulfur-deficient molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-type material displaying structural defects on both the naturally occurring edge positions and along the typically inactive basal planes. By applying this catalyst, a broad range of functionalized 2-substituted benzimidazoles, including bioactive compounds, can be selectively synthesized by such a direct hydrogenative coupling protocol even in the presence of hydrogenation-sensitive functional groups, such as double and triple carbon-carbon bonds, nitrile and ester groups, and halogens as well as diverse types of heteroarenes.
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- Miriam Rodenes
- Instituto
de Tecnología Química-Universitat Politècnica
de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química-Universitat Politècnica
de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Departamento
de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química-Universitat Politècnica
de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química-Universitat Politècnica
de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Escobar-Bedia FJ, Lopez-Haro M, Calvino JJ, Martin-Diaconescu V, Simonelli L, Perez-Dieste V, Sabater MJ, Concepción P, Corma A. Active and Regioselective Ru Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts for Alpha-Olefin Hydroformylation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Francisco Javier Escobar-Bedia
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Rio San Pedro, Puerto Real, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
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- CELLS─ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS─ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- CELLS─ALBA Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Fernández E, Boronat M, Corma A. The 2D or 3D morphology of sub-nanometer Cu 5 and Cu 8 clusters changes the mechanism of CO oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4504-4514. [PMID: 35118487 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05166k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
The mechanism of the CO oxidation reaction catalysed by planar Cu5, three dimensional (3D) Cu5, and 3D Cu8 clusters is theoretically investigated at the B3PW91/Def2TZVP level. All three clusters are able to catalyse the reaction with similar activation energies for the rate determining step, about 16-18 kcal mol-1, but with remarkable differences in the reaction mechanism depending on cluster morphology. Thus, for 3D Cu5 and Cu8 clusters, O2 dissociation is the first step of the mechanism, followed by two consecutive CO + O reaction steps, the second one being rate determining. In contrast, on planar Cu5 the reaction starts with the formation of an OOCO intermediate in what constitutes the rate determining step. The O-O bond is broken in a second step, releasing the first CO2 and leaving one bi-coordinately adsorbed O atom which reacts with CO following an Eley-Rideal mechanism with a low activation energy, in contrast to the higher barriers obtained for this step on 3D clusters.
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- Estefanía Fernández
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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Silva-Gaspar B, Martinez-Franco R, Pirngruber G, Fécant A, Diaz U, Corma A. Open-Framework Chalcogenide Materials - from isolated clusters to highly ordered structures - and their photocalytic applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Corma A, Botella P, Rivero-Buceta E. Silica-Based Stimuli-Responsive Systems for Antitumor Drug Delivery and Controlled Release. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14010110. [PMID: 35057006 PMCID: PMC8779356 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The administration of cytotoxic drugs in classical chemotherapy is frequently limited by water solubility, low plasmatic stability, and a myriad of secondary effects associated with their diffusion to healthy tissue. In this sense, novel pharmaceutical forms able to deliver selectively these drugs to the malign cells, and imposing a space-time precise control of their discharge, are needed. In the last two decades, silica nanoparticles have been proposed as safe vehicles for antitumor molecules due to their stability in physiological medium, high surface area and easy functionalization, and good biocompatibility. In this review, we focus on silica-based nanomedicines provided with specific mechanisms for intracellular drug release. According to silica nature (amorphous, mesostructured, and hybrids) nanocarriers responding to a variety of stimuli endogenously (e.g., pH, redox potential, and enzyme activity) or exogenously (e.g., magnetic field, light, temperature, and ultrasound) are proposed. Furthermore, the incorporation of targeting molecules (e.g., monoclonal antibodies) that interact with specific cell membrane receptors allows a selective delivery to cancer cells to be carried out. Eventually, we present some remarks on the most important formulations in the pipeline for clinical approval, and we discuss the most difficult tasks to tackle in the near future, in order to extend the use of these nanomedicines to real patients.
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García-Zaragoza A, Cerezo-Navarrete C, Mollar-Cuni A, Oña-Burgos P, Mata JA, Corma A, Martínez-Prieto LM. Tailoring graphene-supported Ru nanoparticles by functionalization with pyrene-tagged N-heterocyclic carbenes. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02063c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Controlling the reactivity and stability of graphene-supported Ru NPs by modifying their surface with pyrene-tagged N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.
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- Adrián García-Zaragoza
- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos S/N 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos S/N 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Sos Baynat S/N 12006, Castellón, Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos S/N 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Sos Baynat S/N 12006, Castellón, Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos S/N 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. de los Naranjos S/N 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Bai R, Song Y, Lätsch L, Zou Y, Feng Z, Copéret C, Corma A, Yu J. Switching between Classical/Nonclassical Crystallization Pathways of TS-1 Zeolite: Implication on Titanium Distribution and Catalysis. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10868-10877. [PMID: 36320715 PMCID: PMC9491207 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02679a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
In the MFI zeolite crystallization process, the classical crystallization mechanism based upon the addition of silica species is often concomitant with the nonclassical route that is characteristic of the attachment of silica nanoparticle precursors. However, the factors that govern the preferences for each mechanism remain unclear. In this work, we present the impact of switching between these two crystallization pathways on the active sites and the resulting catalytic performance of the titanosilicate TS-1 zeolite. By controlling the self-assembled precursor structures in the early crystallization stage which are mediated by the Ti and H2O in the reaction system, we could achieve the preferred modes of crystal growth of the TS-1 zeolite. We indicate that by directing the predominant crystallization path from the classical to the nonclassical route, it is possible to generate more stable bridging peroxo species upon reaction with hydrogen peroxide, as confirmed by 17O solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, thus substantially increasing the catalytic performance of the resulting TS-1 for olefin epoxidation. This work demonstrates that the dominant crystallization mode of TS-1 zeolite can be switched between the nonclassical route and classical pathway by regulating the kinetic process of crystal nucleation.![]()
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- Risheng Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Valencia 46022 Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1-5/10 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Valencia 46022 Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
- International Center of Future Science, Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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Cordero-Lanzac T, Martínez C, Aguayo AT, Castaño P, Bilbao J, Corma A. Activation of n-pentane while prolonging HZSM-5 catalyst lifetime during its combined reaction with methanol or dimethyl ether. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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di Nunzio MR, Gutiérrez M, Moreno JM, Corma A, Díaz U, Douhal A. Interrogating the Behaviour of a Styryl Dye Interacting with a Mesoscopic 2D-MOF and Its Luminescent Vapochromic Sensing. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010330. [PMID: 35008756 PMCID: PMC8745538 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
In this contribution, we report on the solid-state-photodynamical properties and further applications of a low dimensional composite material composed by the luminescent trans-4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(4-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM) dye interacting with a two-dimensional-metal organic framework (2D-MOF), Al-ITQ-HB. Three different samples with increasing concentration of DCM are synthesized and characterized. The broad UV-visible absorption spectra of the DCM/Al-ITQ-HB composites reflect the presence of different species of DCM molecules (monomers and aggregates). In contrast, the emission spectra are narrower and exhibit a bathochromic shift upon increasing the DCM concentration, in agreeance with the formation of adsorbed aggregates. Time-resolved picosecond (ps)-experiments reveal multi-exponential behaviors of the excited composites, further confirming the heterogeneous nature of the samples. Remarkably, DCM/Al-ITQ-HB fluorescence is sensitive to vapors of electron donor aromatic amine compounds like aniline, methylaniline, and benzylamine due to a H-bonding-induced electron transfer (ET) process from the analyte to the surface-adsorbed DCM. These findings bring new insights on the photobehavior of a well-known dye when interacting with a 2D-MOF and its possible application in sensing aniline derivatives.
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- Maria Rosaria di Nunzio
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain; (M.R.d.N.); (M.G.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain; (M.R.d.N.); (M.G.)
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.M.M.); (A.C.); (U.D.)
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.M.M.); (A.C.); (U.D.)
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.M.M.); (A.C.); (U.D.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Carlos III, s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain; (M.R.d.N.); (M.G.)
- Correspondence:
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López-Cruz C, Guzman J, Cao G, Martínez C, Corma A. Modifying the catalytic properties of hydrotreating NiMo–S phases by changing the electrodonor capacity of the support. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sattler A, Paccagnini M, Liu L, Gomez E, Klutse H, Burton AW, Corma A. Assessment of metal-metal interactions and catalytic behavior in platinum-tin bimetallic subnanometric clusters by using reactive characterizations. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bohigues B, Rojas-Buzo S, Moliner M, Corma A. Coordinatively Unsaturated Hf-MOF-808 Prepared via Hydrothermal Synthesis as a Bifunctional Catalyst for the Tandem N-Alkylation of Amines with Benzyl Alcohol. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 2021; 9:15793-15806. [PMID: 35663357 PMCID: PMC9153058 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The modulated hydrothermal (MHT) synthesis of an active and selective Hf-MOF-808 material for the N-alkylation reaction of aniline with benzyl alcohol under base-free mild reaction conditions is reported. Through kinetic experiments and isotopically labeled NMR spectroscopy studies, we have demonstrated that the reaction mechanism occurs via borrowing hydrogen (BH) pathway, in which the alcohol dehydrogenation is the limiting step. The high concentration of defective -OH groups generated on the metallic nodes through MHT synthesis enhances the alcohol activation, while the unsaturated Hf4+, which acts as a Lewis acid site, is able to borrow the hydrogen from the methylene position of benzyl alcohol. This fact makes this material at least 14 times more active for the N-alkylation reaction than the material obtained via solvothermal synthesis. The methodology described in this work could be applied to a wide range of aniline and benzyl alcohol derivates, showing in all cases high selectivity toward the corresponding N-benzylaniline product. Finally, Hf-MOF-808, which acts as a true heterogeneous catalyst, can be reused in at least four consecutive runs without any activity loss.
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Schwalbe-Koda D, Corma A, Román-Leshkov Y, Moliner M, Gómez-Bombarelli R. Data-Driven Design of Biselective Templates for Intergrowth Zeolites. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:10689-10694. [PMID: 34709806 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Zeolites are inorganic materials with wide industrial applications due to their topological diversity. Tailoring confinement effects in zeolite pores, for instance by crystallizing intergrown frameworks, can improve their catalytic and transport properties, but controlling zeolite crystallization often relies on heuristics. In this work, we use computational simulations and data mining to design organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs) to favor the synthesis of intergrown zeolites. First, we propose design principles to identify OSDAs which are selective toward both end members of the disordered structure. Then, we mine a database of hundreds of thousands of zeolite-OSDA pairs and downselect OSDA candidates to synthesize known intergrowth zeolites such as CHA/AFX, MTT/TON, and BEC/ISV. The computationally designed OSDAs balance phase competition metrics and shape selectivity toward the frameworks, thus bypassing expensive dual-OSDA approaches typically used in the synthesis of intergrowths. Finally, we propose potential OSDAs to obtain hypothesized disordered frameworks such as AEI/SAV. This work may accelerate zeolite discovery through data-driven synthesis optimization and design.
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- Daniel Schwalbe-Koda
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Schwalbe-Koda D, Kwon S, Paris C, Bello-Jurado E, Jensen Z, Olivetti E, Willhammar T, Corma A, Román-Leshkov Y, Moliner M, Gómez-Bombarelli R. A priori control of zeolite phase competition and intergrowth with high-throughput simulations. Science 2021; 374:308-315. [PMID: 34529493 DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Daniel Schwalbe-Koda
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Liu L, Corma A. Isolated metal atoms and clusters for alkane activation: Translating knowledge from enzymatic and homogeneous to heterogeneous systems. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Microporous zeolite-type materials, with crystalline porous structures formed by well-defined channels and cages of molecular dimensions, have been widely employed as heterogeneous catalysts since the early 1960s, due to their wide variety of framework topologies, compositional flexibility and hydrothermal stability. The possible selection of the microporous structure and of the elements located in framework and extraframework positions enables the design of highly selective catalysts with well-defined active sites of acidic, basic or redox character, opening the path to their application in a wide range of catalytic processes. This versatility and high catalytic efficiency is the key factor enabling their use in the activation and conversion of different alkanes, ranging from methane to long chain n-paraffins. Alkanes are highly stable molecules, but their abundance and low cost have been two main driving forces for the development of processes directed to their upgrading over the last 50 years. However, the availability of advanced characterization tools combined with molecular modelling has enabled a more fundamental approach to the activation and conversion of alkanes, with most of the recent research being focused on the functionalization of methane and light alkanes, where their selective transformation at reasonable conversions remains, even nowadays, an important challenge. In this review, we will cover the use of microporous zeolite-type materials as components of mono- and bifunctional catalysts in the catalytic activation and conversion of C1+ alkanes under non-oxidative or oxidative conditions. In each case, the alkane activation will be approached from a fundamental perspective, with the aim of understanding, at the molecular level, the role of the active sites involved in the activation and transformation of the different molecules and the contribution of shape-selective or confinement effects imposed by the microporous structure.
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- Pablo Del Campo
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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Rojas-Buzo S, Bohigues B, Lopes CW, Meira DM, Boronat M, Moliner M, Corma A. Tailoring Lewis/Brønsted acid properties of MOF nodes via hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis: simple approach with exceptional catalytic implications. Chem Sci 2021; 12:10106-10115. [PMID: 34349973 PMCID: PMC8317639 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02833b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The Lewis/Brønsted catalytic properties of the Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) nodes can be tuned by simply controlling the solvent employed in the synthetic procedure. In this work, we demonstrate that Hf-MOF-808 can be prepared from a material with a higher amount of Brønsted acid sites, via modulated hydrothermal synthesis, to a material with a higher proportion of unsaturated Hf Lewis acid sites, via modulated solvothermal synthesis. The Lewis/Brønsted acid properties of the resultant metallic clusters have been studied by different characterization techniques, including XAS, FTIR and NMR spectroscopies, combined with a DFT study. The different nature of the Hf-MOF-808 materials allows their application as selective catalysts in different target reactions requiring Lewis, Brønsted or Lewis-Brønsted acid pairs.
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- Sergio Rojas-Buzo
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 91501-970 Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- CLS@APS, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne IL 60439 USA
- Canadian Light Source Inc. 44 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 2V3 Canada
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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Li C, Ferri P, Paris C, Moliner M, Boronat M, Corma A. Design and Synthesis of the Active Site Environment in Zeolite Catalysts for Selectively Manipulating Mechanistic Pathways. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10718-10726. [PMID: 34240857 PMCID: PMC8529870 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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By combining kinetics and theoretical calculations, we show here
the benefits of going beyond the concept of static localized and defined
active sites on solid catalysts, into a system that globally and dynamically
considers the active site located in an environment that involves
a scaffold structure particularly suited for a target reaction. We
demonstrate that such a system is able to direct the reaction through
a preferred mechanism when two of them are competing. This is illustrated
here for an industrially relevant reaction, the diethylbenzene–benzene
transalkylation. The zeolite catalyst (ITQ-27) optimizes location,
density, and environment of acid sites to drive the reaction through
the preselected and preferred diaryl-mediated mechanism, instead of
the alkyl transfer pathway. This is achieved by minimizing the activation
energy of the selected pathway through weak interactions, much in
the way that it occurs in enzymatic catalysts. We show that ITQ-27
outperforms previously reported zeolites for the DEB-Bz transalkylation
and, more specifically, industrially relevant zeolites such as faujasite,
beta, and mordenite.
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- Chengeng Li
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Serna P, Rodríguez-Fernández A, Yacob S, Kliewer C, Moliner M, Corma A. Single-Site vs. Cluster Catalysis in High Temperature Oxidations. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:15954-15962. [PMID: 33881798 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The behavior of single Pt atoms and small Pt clusters was investigated for high-temperature oxidations. The high stability of these molecular sites in CHA is a key to intrinsic structure-performance descriptions of elemental steps such as O2 dissociation, and subsequent oxidation catalysis. Subtle changes in the atomic structure of Pt are responsible for drastic changes in performance driven by specific gas/metal/support interactions. Whereas single Pt atoms and Pt clusters (> ca. 1 nm) are unable to activate, scramble, and desorb two O2 molecules at moderate T (200 °C), clusters <1 nm do so catalytically, but undergo oxidative fragmentation. Oxidation of alkanes at high T is attributed to stable single Pt atoms, and the C-H cleavage is inferred to be rate-determining and less sensitive to changes in metal nuclearity compared to its effect on O2 scrambling. In contrast, when combustion involves CO, catalysis is dominated by metal clusters, not single Pt atoms.
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- Pedro Serna
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Corporate Strategic Research, Annandale, NJ, 08801, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Corporate Strategic Research, Annandale, NJ, 08801, USA
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Corporate Strategic Research, Annandale, NJ, 08801, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC), Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Rojas-Buzo S, Concepción P, Olloqui-Sariego JL, Moliner M, Corma A. Metalloenzyme-Inspired Ce-MOF Catalyst for Oxidative Halogenation Reactions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:31021-31030. [PMID: 34176269 PMCID: PMC9131423 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The structure of UiO-66(Ce) is formed by CeO2-x defective nanoclusters connected by terephthalate ligands. The initial presence of accessible Ce3+ sites in the as-synthesized UiO-66(Ce) has been determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)-CO analyses. Moreover, linear scan voltammetric measurements reveal a reversible Ce4+/Ce3+ interconversion within the UiO-66(Ce) material, while nanocrystalline ceria shows an irreversible voltammetric response. This suggests that terephthalic acid ligands facilitate charge transfer between subnanometric metallic nodes, explaining the higher oxidase-like activity of UiO-66(Ce) compared to nanoceria for the mild oxidation of organic dyes under aerobic conditions. Based on these results, we propose the use of Ce-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as efficient catalysts for the halogenation of activated arenes, as 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene (TMB), using oxygen as a green oxidant. Kinetic studies demonstrate that UiO-66(Ce) is at least three times more active than nanoceria under the same reaction conditions. In addition, the UiO-66(Ce) catalyst shows an excellent stability and can be reused after proper washing treatments. Finally, a general mechanism for the oxidative halogenation reaction is proposed when using Ce-MOF as a catalyst, which mimics the mechanistic pathway described for metalloenzymes. The superb control in the generation of subnanometric CeO2-x defective clusters connected by adequate organic ligands in MOFs offers exciting opportunities in the design of Ce-based redox catalysts.
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- Sergio Rojas-Buzo
- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica
de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica
de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
de Sevilla, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica
de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica
de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Av. de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Puche M, Liu L, Concepción P, Sorribes I, Corma A. Tuning the Catalytic Performance of Cobalt Nanoparticles by Tungsten Doping for Efficient and Selective Hydrogenation of Quinolines under Mild Conditions. ACS Catal 2021; 11:8197-8210. [PMID: 35633841 PMCID: PMC9131458 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Non-noble
bimetallic CoW nanoparticles (NPs) partially embedded
in a carbon matrix (CoW@C) have been prepared by a facile hydrothermal
carbon-coating methodology followed by pyrolysis under an inert atmosphere.
The bimetallic NPs, constituted by a multishell core–shell
structure with a metallic Co core, a W-enriched shell involving Co7W6 alloyed structures, and small WO3 patches partially covering the surface of these NPs, have been established
as excellent catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of quinolines
to their corresponding 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines under mild conditions
of pressure and temperature. It has been found that this bimetallic
catalyst displays superior catalytic performance toward the formation
of the target products than the monometallic Co@C, which can be attributed
to the presence of the CoW alloyed structures.
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- Marta Puche
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Rojas-Buzo S, Concepción P, Corma A, Moliner M, Boronat M. In-Situ-Generated Active Hf-hydride in Zeolites for the Tandem N-Alkylation of Amines with Benzyl Alcohol. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sergio Rojas-Buzo
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 València, Spain
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Kapaca E, Jiang J, Cho J, Jordá JL, Díaz-Cabañas MJ, Zou X, Corma A, Willhammar T. Synthesis and Structure of a 22 × 12 × 12 Extra-Large Pore Zeolite ITQ-56 Determined by 3D Electron Diffraction. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:8713-8719. [PMID: 34077189 PMCID: PMC8213054 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
A multidimensional extra-large pore germanosilicate, denoted ITQ-56, has been synthesized by using modified memantine as an organic structure-directing agent. ITQ-56 crystallizes as plate-like nanocrystals. Its structure was determined by 3D electron diffraction/MicroED. The structure of ITQ-56 contains extra-large 22-ring channels intersecting with straight 12-ring channels. ITQ-56 is the first zeolite with 22-ring pores, which is a result of ordered vacancies of double 4-ring (d4r) units in a fully connected zeolite framework. The framework density is as low as 12.4 T atoms/1000 Å3. The discovery of the ITQ-56 structure not only fills the missing member of extra-large pore zeolite with 22-ring channels but also creates a new approach of making extra-large pore zeolites by introducing ordered vacancies in zeolite frameworks.
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- Elina Kapaca
- Berzelii
Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- MOE
Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of
Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Berzelii
Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Berzelii
Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Berzelii
Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Serna P, Rodríguez‐Fernández A, Yacob S, Kliewer C, Moliner M, Corma A. Single‐Site vs. Cluster Catalysis in High Temperature Oxidations. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pedro Serna
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. Corporate Strategic Research Annandale NJ 08801 USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC) Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. Corporate Strategic Research Annandale NJ 08801 USA
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. Corporate Strategic Research Annandale NJ 08801 USA
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC) Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (UPV-CSIC) Av. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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Jensen Z, Kwon S, Schwalbe-Koda D, Paris C, Gómez-Bombarelli R, Román-Leshkov Y, Corma A, Moliner M, Olivetti EA. Discovering Relationships between OSDAs and Zeolites through Data Mining and Generative Neural Networks. ACS Cent Sci 2021; 7:858-867. [PMID: 34079901 PMCID: PMC8161479 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) play a crucial role in the synthesis of micro- and mesoporous materials especially in the case of zeolites. Despite the wide use of OSDAs, their interaction with zeolite frameworks is poorly understood, with researchers relying on synthesis heuristics or computationally expensive techniques to predict whether an organic molecule can act as an OSDA for a certain zeolite. In this paper, we undertake a data-driven approach to unearth generalized OSDA-zeolite relationships using a comprehensive database comprising of 5,663 synthesis routes for porous materials. To generate this comprehensive database, we use natural language processing and text mining techniques to extract OSDAs, zeolite phases, and gel chemistry from the scientific literature published between 1966 and 2020. Through structural featurization of the OSDAs using weighted holistic invariant molecular (WHIM) descriptors, we relate OSDAs described in the literature to different types of cage-based, small-pore zeolites. Lastly, we adapt a generative neural network capable of suggesting new molecules as potential OSDAs for a given zeolite structure and gel chemistry. We apply this model to CHA and SFW zeolites generating several alternative OSDA candidates to those currently used in practice. These molecules are further vetted with molecular mechanics simulations to show the model generates physically meaningful predictions. Our model can automatically explore the OSDA space, reducing the amount of simulation or experimentation needed to find new OSDA candidates.
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- Zach Jensen
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto
de Tecnología Química, Universitat
Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Villoria‐del‐Álamo B, Rojas‐Buzo S, García‐García P, Corma A. Cover Feature: Zr‐MOF‐808 as Catalyst for Amide Esterification (Chem. Eur. J. 14/2021). Chemistry 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Beatriz Villoria‐del‐Álamo
- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
- Present address: Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas Facultad de Farmacia, CIETUS, IBSAL, University of Salamanca Campus Miguel de Unamuno 37007 Salamanca Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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Villoria-Del-Álamo B, Rojas-Buzo S, García-García P, Corma A. Zr-MOF-808 as Catalyst for Amide Esterification. Chemistry 2021; 27:4588-4598. [PMID: 33026656 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
In this work, zirconium-based metal-organic framework Zr-MOF-808-P has been found to be an efficient and versatile catalyst for amide esterification. Comparing with previously reported homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, Zr-MOF-808-P can promote the reaction for a wide range of primary, secondary and tertiary amides with n-butanol as nucleophilic agent. Different alcohols have been employed in amide esterification with quantitative yields. Moreover, the catalyst acts as a heterogeneous catalyst and could be reused for at least five consecutive cycles. The amide esterification mechanism has been studied on the Zr-MOF-808 at molecular level by in situ FTIR spectroscopic technique and kinetic study.
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- Beatriz Villoria-Del-Álamo
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.,Present address: Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Farmacia, CIETUS, IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de, Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Heterogeneous catalysts often undergo structural transformations when they operate under thermal reaction conditions. These transformations are reflected in their evolving catalytic activity, and a fundamental understanding of the changing nature of active sites is vital for the rational design of solid materials for applications. Beyond thermal catalysis, both photocatalysis and electrocatalysis are topical because they can harness renewable energy to drive uphill reactions that afford commodity chemicals and fuels. Although structural transformations of photocatalysts and electrocatalysts have been observed in operando, the resulting implications for catalytic behaviour are not fully understood. In this Review, we summarize and compare the structural evolution of solid thermal catalysts, electrocatalysts and photocatalysts. We suggest that well-established knowledge of thermal catalysis offers a good basis to understand emerging photocatalysis and electrocatalysis research.
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Ferri P, Li C, Paris C, Rodríguez‐Fernández A, Moliner M, Boronat M, Corma A. The Limits of the Confinement Effect Associated to Cage Topology on the Control of the MTO Selectivity. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pau Ferri
- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universitat Politècnica de València – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC) Av. Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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Cerezo-Navarrete C, Mathieu Y, Puche M, Morales C, Concepción P, Martínez-Prieto LM, Corma A. Controlling the selectivity of bimetallic platinum–ruthenium nanoparticles supported on N-doped graphene by adjusting their metal composition. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02379e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Bimetallic platinum–ruthenium nanoparticles supported on N-doped graphene as chemoselective hydrogenation catalysts.
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Valencia
- Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Valencia
- Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Valencia
- Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Valencia
- Spain
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- ITQ, Instituto de Tecnología Química
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Valencia
- Spain
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