Pd nanoparticles in dendrimers immobilized on silica-polyamine composites as catalysts for selective hydrogenation.
New heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysts, based on Pd nanoparticles and polypropyleneimine (PPI) dendrimers of the third generation that have been covalently grafted to a silica surface modified with polyallylamine (PAA) have been synthesized. The final products were characterized by TEM, XPS, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The synthesized materials are effective catalysts for selective hydrogenation of dienes to monoenes and phenyl acetylene to styrene at very high substrate/Pd ratios with turnover rates higher than related Pd nanoparticle catalysts. The synthesized catalysts can be reused without any loss of activity in the case of styrene and isoprene.
Department of Petroleum Chemistry and Organic Catalysis, Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Edward
E
Karakhanov
Anton
A
Maximov
Yulia
Y
Kardasheva
Vera
V
Semernina
Anna
A
Zolotukhina
Andrey
A
Ivanov
Geoffrey
G
Abbott
Edward
E
Rosenberg
Vladimir
V
Vinokurov