Self-assembly of ionic liquids and metal complexes in super-cages of NaY. Integration of free catalysts and solvent molecules into confined catalytic sites

Yubo Ma, Yude He, Qinghua Zhang, Feng Shi, Xiangyuan Ma, Liujin Lu, Youquan Deng

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Abstract

The integration of a free metal complex, Pd(phen)2+, and a room temperature ionic liquid (IL) solvent molecule, 1-decyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide, into a complete catalytically active site and confined in a NaY zeolite super-cage with an appropriate spatial arrangement was investigated. This integration was achieved through a molecular self-assembly method. A preliminary test of this catalyst system for the carbonylation of aniline to methyl phenyl carbamate indicated that far higher catalytic activity could be achieved (TOF increased from 3000 to 23000 h-1) with far lower amounts of the IL solvent and the Pd complex in comparison with a simple mixture of Pd(phen)Cl2/IL/NaY as the catalyst. This new system can also be applied to other areas of catalysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)933-937
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Journal of Catalysis
Volume31
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Active site
  • Aniline
  • Carbonylation
  • Ionic liquid
  • Metal complex
  • Phenyl methyl carbamate
  • Turn over frequency

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