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Thermoregulated n-heptane/poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether biphasic system and its application in PETPP/Ru complex catalyzed hydrogenation

  • Ya dong Lu
  • , Yan hua Wang*
  • , Zi lin Jin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A thermoregulated biphasic system composed of n-heptane and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) monoalkyl ether, which underwent a reversible change from biphase to monophase regulated by temperature, was reported and used for PETPP/Ru (PETPP=P-[p-C6H4O(CH2CH2O)nH]3, 3n = 14) complex catalyzed hydrogenation. Under the optimal reaction conditions: T = 80 °C, time = 3 h, P = 5 MPa, the yield of n-octane reached up to 100% and the TOF was 332 h-1. After reaction, on cooling to room temperature, the catalyst-containing poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether phase could be easily separated from the product-containing n-heptane phase by simple decantation and reused directly for the next run. Catalytic activity remained almost the same within ten successive runs. Analysis of ICP-AES demonstrated that Ru leaching to the n-heptane phase was under the detection limit of the instrument in this thermoregulated biphasic system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Volume252
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hydrogenation
  • Phosphine ligand
  • Ruthenium
  • Thermoregulated biphasic system
  • α-Olefin

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