Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 125.

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Preparation and Characterization of Supported Catalyst Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2 and Its Catalytic Properties for Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate

ZHONG Shun-He, CHENG Qing-Yan, LI Han-Sheng   

  1. College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, State Key Laboratory of C 1 Chemical and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2002-03-20 Online:2003-01-24 Published:2003-01-24

Abstract: Silica supported binuclear bridged complex Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2 was prepared by surface modification. IR, TPD and micro-reactor evaluation techniques were used to characterize the surface structure, absorption properties and reactivity of Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2. The results indicate that the Cl-is the ligands of Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2 , bis-μ-OMe bridged Sn2(OMe)2 can be formed between the two Sn4+metal ions and bonded on the surface of SiO2 by Sn-O-Si bonds; CO2 can be chemisorbed on Sn2(OMe)22/SiO2 catalyst to form bridged adsorption state and methyl carbonate species, CH3OH can be chemisorbed on the catalyst to form molecular adsorption state. At the reaction temperature 413 K, the Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2 catalyst has almost 100% DMC selectivity for DMC direct synthesis from CO2 and CH3OH. The mechanism for DMC synthesis from CO2 and CH3OH on the surface of Sn2(OMe)2Cl2/SiO2 is proposed based on the experimental results. The reactants CO2 and CH3OH co-adsorbing at the same active site on the surface of Sn2(OMe)4/SiO2 and the formation of methoxy carbonate species of CO2 on the surface of the catalyst were the critical steps for the DMC synthesis.

Key words: Binuclear bridged complex, Supported complex catalyst, CO2, CH3OH, Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate

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