Abstract:
Catalytic materials, particularly membranes, exhibiting high activity, high stability and low metal leaching in a variety of chemical reactions, particularly selective hydrogenations of unsaturated organic compounds, are described. These membranes are inorganic / polymeric hybrid materials in which metal complex molecular catalysts are immobilized or metal nano-particle catalysts are embedded. More specifically, the catalytic materials of the present invention exhibit higher activity and selectivity, and can be used in more extensive kinds of organic solvents than the conventional hybrid catalytic materials due to improvement in the affinity to organic solvents by containing the specific polymeric additives.
Abstract:
Catalytic materials with high activity in various chemical reactions as well as high durability are described. The catalytic materials are composed of specific, hybrid combinations of inorganic/polymeric compounds containing metal nano-particles therein, and can be easily reused with negligible catalysts leaching. They are particularly useful, but not limited to, the hydrogenation of subsituted α,β unsaturated acids or esters.
Abstract:
A low cost, viable and modular method to prepare new, highly selective "catalytic membranes" and their use in various types of reactors is described. The membranes are versatile and reusable with negligible catalyst leaching, particularly in the asymmetric hydrogenation of substituted α, β-unsaturated acids or esters. The membranes comprise a hybrid inorganic/polymeric support material (i) and a molecular catalyst (ii) immobilized onto them, wherein: - (i) consists of a hybrid inorganic/polymeric compound in which inorganic compounds and organic polymers are chemically combined; - the inorganic compound is at least one selected from silicic, tungstic, molybdic and stannic acid compounds; - the organic polymers have hydroxy groups, preferably being polyvinylalcohol (PVA); - (ii) is a preformed metal catalyst, which contains at least one transition metal selected from Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Ni, Pt, Au and at least one chiral ligand selected from phosphino, amino and/or amino-phosphino species, preferably DIOP, BINAP Monophos or TMBTP.