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... In this work, a novel “foaming” strategy uses sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) and ammonium oxalate ((NH₄)₂C₂O₄) as the foaming agent, turning biomass-derived carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) into N-doped porous carbon. Highly active palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) immobilized on nitrogen-doped porous carbon (Pd@MC(2)-P) are produced through a phosphate-mediation approach. The phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) bec ...
... A [2+2+2] annulation reaction between cyclohexanone, β-nitrostyrene and 2-arylidene-1,3-indanedione afforded multisubstituted spiro trans-decalinol derivatives in high chemical yields (up to 75%) and excellent diastereoselectivity (up to >20 : 1) at room temperature. This one-pot three-component system follows a triple cascade sequence via the Michael/nitro-Michael/Aldol process, resulting in the ...
... Photocatalytic oxidation of cyclohexane (CHA) to generate cyclohexanone (CHA-one) is one of the most important strategic links for the production of nylon-6 and nylon-66. Herein, an indium oxide/N-doped titanium dioxide (In₂O₃/N-TiO₂) hybrid photocatalyst with a p–n heterointerface was successfully constructed by a two-step strategy of the hydrothermal N-doped method and impregnation method with s ...
... BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In order to study the influence of temperature on storage characteristics of different rice varieties, the physicochemical properties, microstructure morphology, and aroma were investigated at 300d of storage at 15℃, room temperature (20–25 ℃), and 37℃. FINDINGS: High temperature can promote the hydrolysis of fat, inhibit the catalase activity, and cause rough surface of ...
... Adipic acid has a tremendous applied importance. Its industrial synthesis requires harsh conditions and application/emission of hazardous HNO₃ and N₂O. Here, a mechanism of ecologically benign neat cyclohexane (CyH) oxidation with ozone into adipic acid under room temperature and radiation-free conditions, both metal-free and catalyzed by the iron(II) complex [FeCl₂{κ³-HC(pz)₃}] (pz = pyrazol-1-yl ...
... Deep degradation of chlorophenols (CPs) into safe and ecofriendly cyclohexanol during catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC), shows important practical significance and attractive prospect in the treatment of wastewater containing chlorophenols. An efficient Rh-La/SiO₂ catalyst was developed, by employing La as promoter. The presence of La in catalyst promoted catalytic performance of HDC significant ...
... The synthesis of hierarchical MFI zeolites comprising orthogonally stacked bundles of zeolite nanosheets using a new type of triblock structure-directing agents (SDAs) was reported. The textural properties, including the degree of nanosheet branching and the spacing between adjacent nanosheets, could be controlled by changing the length of the linkers in the triblock SDAs. The hierarchical pure-si ...
Lewis acids; aldehydes; ambient temperature; aromatic compounds; bismuth; catalysts; chemical reactions; chemical structure; cyclohexanones; ethanol; ferric chloride; iron; nitrates; piperidines; stereoselective synthesis
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... A simple, inexpensive and stereoselective synthesis of novel functionalized cyclohexanone derivatives via the reaction of acetoacetamide with aromatic aldehydes in ethanol at room temperature is described. Additionally, the presence of substituents such as –NO2 and –Cl in the ortho-position of the aldehyde aromatic ring resulted in the formation of novel piperidines. The use of Lewis acids such as ...
... The synthesis of a series of known β-aminocyclohexanones has been accomplished using pentaerythrityl tetramethyl imidazolium phosphotungstate (C(MIM-PTA)₄) as a new tetradentate acidic catalyst. It was prepared via condensation of pentaerythrityl tetrabromide with methyl imidazole. Then, bulky anion H₂PW₁₂O₄₀¹⁻ was substituted with Br⁻ in the structure. This tetradentate catalyst provides designab ...
ambient temperature; catalysts; catalytic activity; cyclohexanones; energy; epsilon-caprolactam; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; porous media; process design; silicon; ultrasonic treatment; ultrasonics
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... Siliceous mesoporous MCM-41 materials were synthesized under ultrasonic treatment from 0.5 to 3 h. The obtained U-[Si]MCM-41 catalysts were applied in the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime (CHO) to ε-caprolactam (CPL). The ultrasonic treatment can increase the pore wall thickness, while the density of surface SiOH groups increased slightly. Quantitative ¹H MAS NMR studies of the U-[Si] ...
... Developing renewable long-chain cycloalkanes from lignocellulosic biomass is of significance because it offers huge resource storage, wide applications in aviation/diesel fuels and mitigation of CO₂ emissions. In this paper, cycloalkanes with carbon chain lengths of 13–18 were produced from biomass-derived furfural species (furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural) and cyclic ketones (cyclopentanone a ...
... Tandem catalysis, often inspired by biological systems, offers many advantages in the synthesis of highly functionalized small molecules. NH₂-grafted porous C₃N₄ nanosheet with rich N species and surface area of 138 m²/g was fabricated via a NH₃-exfoliation method. After supporting Pd nanoparticles, the resulting bifunctional catalyst (Pd/C₃N₄–NH₂) could catalyze a one-step tandem condensation-hyd ...
... A silica-supported rhodium catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone under mild conditions has been developed. As the Rh concentration on the catalyst increased from 0.5 to 15 wt%, the conversion (at phenol/Rh mole ratio 100/1) dropped whereas the initial selectivity to cyclohexanone increased. The direct hydrogenation to cyclohexanol occurred in parallel with partial hyd ...
ambient temperature; chemical reactions; chemical structure; cost effectiveness; cyclohexanones
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... The eliminative deoxofluorination of cyclohexanone derivatives using XtalFluor-E is described. The corresponding monofluoroalkenes are obtained in up to 79% yield. Notably, this one-step procedure occurs at room temperature using readily accessible and cost-effective reagents. ...
... An acid-induced cyclohexanone/tert-butylhydroperoxide initiation system for ambient temperature reversible addition–fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization of vinyl monomers is presented. The reaction system is optimized for the synthesis of poly(n-butyl acrylate) of various chain length. The polymerization shows typical living characteristics and polymers with dispersities close to 1.1 are o ...
... Ag₃PW₁₂O₄₀/C₃N₄ nanocomposites were successfully synthesized by loading Ag₃PW₁₂O₄₀ into C₃N₄, in which case Ag₃PW₁₂O₄₀ is gained through reaction between AgNO₃ and H₃PW₁₂O₄₀ at room temperature. The obtained nanocomposites show efficient and light-operated catalytic activity for hydrocarbon selective oxidation (selective oxidation of cyclooctene and cyclohexane) without adding any oxidant at 60 °C ...
... The oxidation of alcohols and alkenes to aldehydes, ketones and epoxides is a major reaction in organic synthesis, but is usually hard to perform due to the lack of efficient methods. The use of ultrasounds may improve yield because ultrasonic-assisted reactions are often more efficient than traditional methods. Here, we prepared a hybrid chromium(VI)-based magnetic nanocomposite catalyst by co-pr ...
... The chemisorption of (acetylacetonato)copper(II) on gold-nanoparticle- (Au-NP-) loaded rutile TiO₂ and subsequent heating in the air at 773 K yields molecular-scale CuO clusters on the TiO₂ surface with varying CuO loading amounts (Au/TiO₂–CuO) (J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 23848−23857). The three-component Au/TiO₂–CuO plasmonic photocatalyst exhibits a high level of visible-light activity for the ...
... Aqueous phase catalytic upgrading of lignin monomers to hydrocarbons via hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) has been explored using a combination of Pd/C and HZSM-5 catalysts under 2 MPa of H₂ (ambient temperature). Model monomers with varying numbers of methoxy groups, including phenol, anisole, guaiacol and 2,6-dimethoxy-phenol, were chosen as lignin model compounds. Mechanistic studies revealed cascade a ...
aldehydes; ambient temperature; bromides; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; chemical structure; cyclohexanones; organobromine compounds; synthesis
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... A glucose-containing imidazolium salt β-1-imidazole-2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-D-glucopyranosyl bromide was firstly used as efficient noncovalent organocatalyst to promote the solvent-free preparation of ortho-aminocarbonitriles via a four-component condensation of aromatic aldehyde, cyclohexanone, and 2equiv of malononitrile at room temperature. Seven bonds were cleaved while four new bonds were formed ...
... Nitric acid oxidation of cyclohexane accounts for ~95% of the worldwide adipic acid production and is also responsible for ~5 to 8% of the annual worldwide anthropogenic emission of the ozone-depleting greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N ₂O). Here we report a N ₂O-free process for adipic acid synthesis. Treatment of neat cyclohexane, cyclohexanol, or cyclohexanone with ozone at room temperature and 1 ...
... Based on the electrostatic adsorption between acidic resins and organocatalysts, a series of resin-supported chiral organocatalysts were designed and synthesized. They were evaluated for the asymmetric Michael addition of cyclohexanone with nitrostyrene, in which, catalyst 3 (Fig. 1) exhibited the best catalytic performance. This reaction proceeded under catalyst 3 smoothly at room temperature wit ...
... One-step multi-component Mannich reaction of vanillin, aromatic amines (aniline and 4-chloroaniline), and cyclohexanone was successfully catalyzed by three chloroacetate ethanolamine based ionic liquids: diethanolammonium chloroacetate, and newly synthesized ethanolammoniumchloroacetate and N,N-diethylethanolammoniumchloroacetate. These reactions were performed in ethanol at room temperature. Mech ...
... Colloidal gold nanoparticles were synthesised in aqueous solution by reaction of chloroauric acid with a range of simple aliphatic cyclic (cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, cycloheptanone and cyclohexanedione) and linear (acetone and 3-hexanone) ketone reagents, at room temperature. The rate of reaction and particle morphology was found to be controlled by the enol content and solubility of the keton ...
... A combination of “water soluble” palladium nanoparticles stabilized by an ionic liquid-like copolymer and phosphotungstic acid synergistically promotes selective hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone. The nanocatalyst preparation and selective phenol hydrogenation are successfully combined into a one-pot process in this research. Conversion exceeding 99% was achieved with >99% selectivity under ...
acetone; ambient temperature; biomarkers; chemical communication; chemical reactions; chemoselectivity; cyclohexanones; explosives; gases; ionic liquids
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... Based on specific chemical reactions carried out at ambient temperature, an ultrasensitive and chemoselective measurement of both acyclic and cyclic ketone gases, such as acetone (a disease biomarker) and cyclohexanone (a signature chemical emanating from C-4 plastic explosives), in real time was efficiently achieved on QCM chips thin-coated with sensing ionic liquids. ...
Lewis acids; aldehydes; ambient temperature; aromatic compounds; cyclohexanones; enantiomers; silica gel
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... Wet unsupported and supported 1,1′-binaphthalene-2,2′-diamine (BINAM) derived prolinamides are efficient organocatalysts under solvent-free conditions at room temperature to perform the synthesis of chiral tacrine analogues in good yields (up to 93%) and excellent enantioselectivies (up to 96%). The Friedländer reaction involved in this process takes place with several cyclohexanone derivatives a ...
calorimeters; thermal conductivity; hazard characterization; chemical reactions; finite element analysis; ambient temperature; manufacturing; fires; cyclohexanones; differential scanning calorimetry; explosions; chemical industry; heat transfer; prediction; China
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... Cyclohexanone peroxide (CYHPO) is widely used in the chemical industry, but unfortunately, as an organic peroxide, it has been involved in many serious fires and explosions in daily manufacturing, storage, and transportation. We present an advanced methodology of application of thermal analysis for thermal hazard investigation of complex chemical reactions. The applied method is based on a differe ...
... A new straightforward method for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles from addition of cyclohexanone to aqueous solutions of auric acid at room temperature is presented. By understanding this process we have discovered a new organic chemistry transformation reaction for converting cyclic ketones to α-chloro ketones and a mechanism for the nanoparticle formation. Contrary to conventional gold nanopa ...
... The development of mild and efficient process for the selective oxidation of organic compounds with molecular oxygen can be one of the key technologies for synthesizing oxygenates. Here, a visible light-driven metal chloride to catalyze the selective oxidation of cyclohexane was carried out at ambient temperature under a pure O₂ atmosphere. Among the metal salts examined, only a few metal chloride ...
... Cu-nanoclustures supported on nanocrystalline Cr₂O₃ were prepared by a hydrothermal synthesis method in the presence of surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). It was found that the catalyst is highly active for the selective oxidation of cyclohexane with H₂O₂ at room temperature. The catalyst was characterized by XRD, ICP-AES, XPS, TPR, BET-surface area, SEM, TEM and EXAFS. The effect ...
Ciuffi Katia J.; de Faria Emerson H.; Marçal Liziane; Rocha Lucas A.; Calefi Paulo S.; Nassar Eduardo J.; Pepe Iuri; Rocha Zênis N. da; Vicente Miguel A.; Trujillano Raquel; Gil Antonio; Korili Sophia A.
... The catalytic efficiency of takovite–aluminosilicate–chromium catalysts obtained by adsorption of Cr³⁺ ions from aqueous solutions by a takovite–aluminosilicate nanocomposite adsorbent is reported. The adsorbent was synthesized by the coprecipitation method. The catalytic activity of the final Cr–catalysts depended on the amount of adsorbed chromium. (Z)-cyclooctene conversion up to 90% with total ...
... We report herein the synthesis of a new hybrid material, PdNPs@CNCs consisting of monodisperse Pd nanoparticles (PdNPs) evenly deposited onto colloidal cellulose nanocrystallites (CNCs). This material proved an active catalyst for the hydrogenation reaction of phenol to cyclohexanone in water as a solvent, at room temperature, under 4 bar of dihydrogen. Moreover, the catalyst perfomed well in the ...