Highly Selective Catalytic Dechlorination of Dichloromethane to Chloromethane over Al−Ti Mixed Oxide Catalysts
In this paper, a series of Al−Ti mixed oxides with different Al/Ti ratios are prepared by a simple sol‐gel method and they are used as active catalysts for selective dechlorination of dichloromethane to chloromethane. The Al−Ti mixed oxide catalyst with the same molar ratio of Al and Ti shows the hi...
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Published in | ChemCatChem Vol. 12; no. 20; pp. 5098 - 5108 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Weinheim
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20.10.2020
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Summary: | In this paper, a series of Al−Ti mixed oxides with different Al/Ti ratios are prepared by a simple sol‐gel method and they are used as active catalysts for selective dechlorination of dichloromethane to chloromethane. The Al−Ti mixed oxide catalyst with the same molar ratio of Al and Ti shows the highest activity in dechlorination of dichloromethane. The strong and abundant Lewis acid sites in the Al−Ti mixed oxides formed along with Al−O−Ti bondings are responsible for the high catalytic activity toward the selective dechlorination reaction in this work. From a kinetic study, the activation energy of this reaction over the optimum Al−Ti mixed oxide catalyst appears to be 59.4 kJ mol−1 based on Langmuir‐Hinshelwood model. The improved catalytic performance suggests that the Al−Ti mixed oxide could be used as the effective catalyst for the highly selective dechlorination of dichloromethane to chloromethane.
Heterogeneous catalysis: The Al−Ti mixed oxide showed higher catalytic activity in novel selective dechlorination to convert dichloromethane into value‐added intermediates. The increased amount and strength of acid sites enhanced by formations of Al−O−Ti bonds in the Al−Ti mixed oxide could lead to the improved turnover frequency of catalyst. |
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ISSN: | 1867-3880 1867-3899 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cctc.202000879 |