Selective hydrogenation of butyronitrile over raney metals [Elektronische Ressource] / Adam Chojecki

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• Publié par: technische_universitat_munchen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2004
• Nombre de lectures: 26
• Langue: English
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Institut für Technische Chemie, Lehrstuhl II




Selective Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile over Raney-Metals


Adam Chojecki


Vollständiger Abdruck der von der Fakultät für Chemie der Technischen
Universität München zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines
Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)
genehmigten Dissertation.

Vorsitzender: Univ-Prof. Dr. K. Köhler
Prüfer der Dissertation:
1. Univ. Prof. Dr. J. A. Lercher
2. Univ. Prof. Dr. Th. Bach


Die Dissertation wurde am 25.02.04 bei der Technischen Universität
München eingereicht und durch die Fakultät für Chemie am 17.03.04
angenommen. Acknowledgment
The scientific work presented in the thesis is a result of the collaboration among
a good few people.
First of all, I do thank Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher for inviting me to
the fellowship of Technische Chemie 2 and for his scientific guidance. I am also much
obliged to my mentor PD. Thomas E. Müller, PhD for taking care on daily bases of this
work and for helping in correcting the thesis. The scientific help of PD. Andreas Jentys,
PhD (DFT calculations), Dr. Hervé Jobic (Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, France;
INS spectroscopy) and Prof. Dr. Stan Veprek (Institut für Chemie Anorganischer
Materialien, TUM; XPS spectroscopy) is gratefully acknowledged.
Over those years I have met many people that in one or the other way have
supported me, especially the fellows of the TC2 group. I would like to let you know
at this place that I really appreciate the help I received from you.
Last but not least Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is gratefully thanked for
the financial support; Institut Laue-Langevin is thanked for access to the IN1-BeF
spectrometer. Table of Contents - i -
1 General Introduction 2
1.1 Aliphatic Amines 2
1.1.1 Catalytic Routes to Lower Aliphatic Amines 2
1.2 Metals as Catalysts 4
1.2.1 Dispersed Metal Catalysts 4
1.2.2 Chemical Bonding at Metal Surfaces 6
1.2.2.1 Solid State Theory of Transition Metals 6
1.2.3 Surface Catalyzed Step-Wise Hydrogenation of Nitriles 7
1.3 The Scope of the Thesis 9
Acknowledgment 10
References 10
2 Experimental Methods and Setups 14
2.1 Preparation of Catalysts and Chemicals 14
2.1.1 Catalysts 14
2.1.2 Chemicals
2.1.2.1 Synthesis of N-butylidene-butylamine 15
2.2 Characterization of the Catalyst Samples 16
2.2.1 Elemental Analysis 16
2.2.2 Surface Area and Porosity 16
2.2.3 Particle Size and Dispersion Measurements 17
2.2.3.1 X-Ray Diffraction Line Broadening Analysis 18
2.2.3.2 Hydrogen Chemisorption 18
2.2.4 Temperature Programmed Desorption 20
2.2.5 Photoelectron Spectroscopy 21
2.2.6 Adsorption at Solid-Liquid Interface 22
2.2.7 Calorimetrically Measured Heat of Adsorption 23
2.3 Catalytic Tests 23
2.3.1 Catalytic Testing Procedure 24
2.4 Characterization of the Catalytic Process with Vibrational
Spectroscopy
24 Table of Contents - ii -
2.4.1 In Situ Attenuated Total Internal Reflectance Infrared
Spectroscopy (ATR-IR) 24
2.4.1.1 The Nature of ATR Spectra 25
2.4.1.2 ReactIR 1000 Setup 26
2.4.2 Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) 27
2.4.2.1 The INS Theory 27
2.4.2.2 The INS Spectrometer 29
2.5 Calculation Methods 29
2.5.1 Thermodynamic Equilibrium 29
2.5.1.1 Thermodynamic Equilibrium Calculated from the
Experimental Data.
29
2.5.1.2 Thermodynamic Equilibrium Computed ab initio 30
2.5.2 DFT Search for a Transition State 31
Acknowledgment 32
References 32
3 Characterization of Raney-Ni and Raney-Co Catalysts and Their Use in the
Selective Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile 35
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Experimental 36
3.2.1 Catalysts and Chemicals 36
3.2.2 Setups and Experimental Procedures 37
3.3 Results 40
3.3.1 Particle Size and Structure of Raney-Co 40
3.3.2 Specific Surface and Accessible Metal Surface Area 40
3.3.3 Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD) 44
3.3.3.1 TPD of Residual Hydrogen and Water 44
3.3.3.2 Ammonia-TPD 46
3.3.4 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) 49
3.3.5 Adsorption of Butyronitrile and n-Butylamine from the Liquid
Phase 53
3.3.5.1 Heat of Adsorption of Butyronitrile at 371.9 K 56
3.3.6 Catalytic Tests 57
3.3.6.1 Kinetics of the Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile 61 Table of Contents - iii -
3.4 Discussion 61
3.4.1 The Activity of the Raney-Catalysts in the Hydrogenation of
Butyronitrile. 61
3.4.2 The Selectivity to n-Butylamine over Raney-Catalysts in the
Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile 62
3.5 Conclusions 63
Acknowledgment 64
References 4
4 Towards Understanding the Selectivity in the Hydrogenation of Butyronitrile
over Raney-Co Catalysts - Formation and Cleavage of N-butylidene-butylamine
70
4.1 Introduction 70
4.2 Experimental 71
4.2.1 Calculations of thermodynamic parameters 71
4.2.2 Catalysts and Chemicals 71
4.2.3 Setup 73
4.3 Results 74
4.3.1 Formation of N-butylidene-butylamine in the Hydrogenation of
Butyronitrile 4
4.3.1.1 Control of the Condensation Reaction 78
4.3.2 Reactions of N-butylidene-butylamine 79
4.3.2.1 Cleavage of N-butylidene-butylamine to n-butylamine
80
4.3.2.2 Hydrogenation and Deuteration of N-butylidene-
butylamine 84
4.3.2.3 Imine-Enamine Tautomerism of N-butylidene-butylamine 7
4.4 Discussion 89
4.4.1 Formation of N-butylidene-butylamine 90
4.4.2 Cleavage ofN-butylidene-butylamin 91
4.5 Conclusions 91
Acknowledgment 92
References 92
5 Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study of Hydrogen and Butyronitrile Adsorbed
on Raney-Co Catalysts 6 Table of Contents - iv -
5.1 Introduction 96
5.2 Experimental 97
5.2.1 Sample preparation 97
5.2.2 Measurement 97
5.2.3 Data treatment 98
5.3 Results and Discussion 99
5.4 Conclusions 108
Acknowledgment 108
References 108
6 Summary 12
6.1 Summary ofthe Research 112
6.2 Conclusions 113
References 16
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Chapter 1
This chapter features a general introduction that highlights the importance of
lower aliphatic amines in the industry, presents catalytic routes to lower
aliphatic amines and discusses Raney-catalysts and the process of
hydrogenation of nitriles to amines in detail. The research problem encountered
during the selective hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines is formulated.
Finally, the milestones of the research work presented in the subsequent
chapters are highlighted.
Chapter 1 - 2 -
1 General Introduction
1.1 Aliphatic Amines
Lower aliphatic amines are of considerable industrial importance. A large number of
drugs, plasticizers, agrochemicals (herbicides and pesticides), dyes and other chemicals
originate from reactions with such intermediates. For example, n-butylamine is an
intermediate for the production of the antidiabetic drug Tolbutamide (Figure 1-1). To
illustrate their significance in modern industrial chemistry, manufacturing data for
aliphatic amines are given in Figure 1-2 [1].

H Na O
N N
S
OO


Figure 1-1: The chemical structure of Tolbutamide.
Japan
63100
USA
298800
Europe
306000


Figure 1-2: Production of lower aliphatic amines in tons per annum (1990) [1].
1.1.1 Catalytic Routes to Lower Aliphatic Amines
On the industrial scale a number of heterogeneous catalytic processes are practiced in the
production of lower aliphatic amines using different types of feedstock [1, 2]. The most
important technologies include:
1. Amination of alcohols with ammonia and primary and secondary amines using:
a. solid acid catalysts (e.g., silica-alumina, silica, alumina, titania, zeolites)
[3, 4]; or
b. group VIII transition metal catalysts in the presence of hydrogen [5].
Chapter 1 - 3 -
2. Amination of carbonyl compounds (reductive amination) with ammonia or
amines (primary and secondary) and hydrogen over group VIII transition metals
[6].
3. Catalytic reduction of nitriles with molecular hydrogen over Raney-Ni, Raney-
Co, or rhodium, palladium and platinum on various supports (e.g., Al O , carbon) 2 3
[7].
4. Amination of iso-butene over zeolites and other solid acids [8].
Process technologies for all methods utilize fixed bed reactors. A scheme depicting the
typical industrial flow process for amination of alcohols is presented in Figure 1-3.
Liquid phase stirred-tank equipment is operated either continuously or batchwise.


Figure 1-3 Typical amination reactor and separation train [1].
During the reduction of nitriles to prima