Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 884.

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Selective Hydrogenation of Halonitroaromatic Compounds Catalyzed by Water-soluble Bimetallic Catalyst Containing Ruthenium and Platinum

ZHOU Ya-Fen1,2, CHEN Jun-Ru1, LI Rui-Xiang1, ZHAO Song-Lin1, LI Xian-Jun1   

  1. 1. Institute of Organometallic Complex Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
  • Received:2003-07-03 Online:2004-05-24 Published:2004-05-24

Abstract: Selective hydrogenation of halonitroaromatic compounds catalyzed by water-soluble bimetallic catalyst containing ruthenium and platinum in the aqueous/organic two-phase system was studied. It was found that the reaction rate increased obviously due to the addition of Pt and Pd. Ru/Pt-TPPTS bimetallic catalyst exhibits a strong synergic effect when the molar ratio of Ru to Pt is 1/1. Under the conditions of 70 ℃, p H2=1.0 MPa, the conversion of p-Cl-C6H4NO2 is 100% in the presence of Ru/Pt-TPPTS catalyst, which is higher than that of Ru-TPPTS or Pt-TPPTS, the selectivity of p-Cl-C6H4NH2 is more than 99%. The catalyst also exhibits a high activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of other haloaromatic nitro-compounds with different substituents and substituted positions. Meanwhile, the amount of dehalogenation product(aniline) is about 1%.

Key words: Water-soluble bimetallic catalyst, Catalytic hydrogenation, Halonitroaromatic compound, Bimetallic synergic effect

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