Excellent stability of Pd/mpg-C3N4 in catalytic hydrodebenzylation of 2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexabenzyl-2,4,6,8,10,12- hexaazaisowurtzitane (HBIW)

Wei Liu, Shengfu Li, Chongchong She, Yeye Yang, Shusen Chen, Shaohua Jin, Kun Chen*

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Abstract

The low stability and poisoning of the palladium-based catalysts in the debenzylation of HBIW elevated the cost of the hydrogenolysis, and thus restricted the application of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (HNIW). To address this problem, Pd/mpg-C3N4 was prepared by depositing palladium nanoparticles on mesoporous graphite carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4), and used for the catalytic hydrogenolysis in the conversion of HBIW to TADBIW under the atmospheric pressure. After optimizing the reaction condition and the usage amount, the highest yield of 81.7 % was obtained at 45℃ after reaction for 8 h when the ratio of palladium to HBIW was 1%. A yield of 74 % was obtained when the ratio of palladium to HBIW was 0.4 %. More importantly, Pd/mpg-C3N4 can be recycled unprecedently for three times in the conversion of HBIW to TADBIW while preserving the reasonable activity. Such results should benefit for promoting the application of HNIW and also the design of the heterogeneous catalysts for hydrodebenzylation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number118310
JournalApplied Catalysis A: General
Volume624
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • Carbon nitride
  • HBIW
  • Hydrodebenzylation
  • Recycle

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