Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 1206.

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Preparation of TiO2-pillared HTiNbO5 and Catalytic Performance in Vapor Phase Beckmann Rearrangement Reaction of Cyclohexanone Oxime

GUO Xian-Ji1*, HOU Wen-Hua2, LIU Shu-Min1, LI Li-Min1   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • Received:2009-11-18 Online:2010-06-10 Published:2010-06-10
  • Contact: GUO Xian-Ji. E-mail: guoxj@zzu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    河南省教育厅自然科学基础研究基金(批准号: 2008A150024)资助.

Abstract:

A mixture of titanium isopropoxide, acetic acid and deionized water in a volume ratio of 1∶16∶40 generated a solution containing Ti(Ⅳ) polycation species, which was allowed to exchange with alkylammo-nium ions in the interlayers of the n-decylamine-preswelled titanoniobate. This exchange reaction led to the formation of Ti(Ⅳ) polycation-intercalated layered titanoniobate with an interlayer distance of 1.70 nm. The ordered layered structure of the novel material was still retained upon calcination at 623 K. Characterizations of XRD and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms indicated that the TiO2-pillared HTiNbO5 (abbreviated to TiO2-HTiNbO5) obtained by calcination at 723 K in air environment was a porous layered materials with an interlayer distance of 0.97 nm and a BET specific surface area of 89 m2/g. The vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction of cyclohexanone oxime was studied with TiO2-HTiNbO5 and B2O3/TiO2-HTiNbO5 as catalysts. The cyclohexanone oxime conversion and the selectivity for the formation of ε-caprolactam on B2O3/TiO2-HTiNbO5 were higher than those on TiO2-HTiNbO5. The B2O3/TiO2-HTiNbO5 catalyst with B2O3 loading mass fraction of 7.31% exhibited a near-100% conversion of the oxime within 4.5 h and a near 90% selectivity for ε-caprolactam. FTIR spectra indicated that highly dispersed BO4 species were present in the surface of B2O3/TiO2-HTiNbO5 with a low B2O3 loading; for the B2O3/TiO2-HTiNbO5 samples with a B2O3 loading higher than 7.31%, BO3 species were dominant. BO4 and BO3 species on the surface of TiO2-HTiNbO5 showed synergistic promotion effect for vapor-phase Beckmann rea-rrangement reaction of cyclohexanone oxime.

Key words: TiO2-pillared HTiNbO5; Step-wise ion exchange; ε-Caprolactam; Vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction of cyclohexanone oxime

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