【摘要】 亚胺是一类重要的含氮有机化合物,由于具有不饱和C=N双键,可以作为一种有效的氮源,用于一系列含氮衍生物的合成.目前合成亚胺的工艺路线主要是通过羰基化合物和一级胺在强酸条件下缩合;与该路线相比,醇和胺在空气或氧气存在条件下耦合是一条更为绿色的工艺路线,其副产物只有水产生.目前的报道表明,一些具有氧化还原性质的催化剂,如负载型贵金属催化剂和负载型过渡金属氧化物催化剂在该反应中表现出一定催化性能,但很少关注表面酸碱性质对该反应性能的影响.在本工作中,我们尝试将具有酸碱双功能性质的Mg-Al复合氧化物作为催化剂用于该反应中,考察了Mg/Al比、焙烧温度和后处理条件对催化性能的影响.结果显示,Mg/Al=3的催化剂在反应中表现出最优的催化活性;NH₃-TPD和CO₂-TPD显示,随着镁含量的增加,样品表面碱性中心的数量呈现出先增加后减少的趋势,其中Mg/Al=3的样品表面酸、碱总量最大,而且该样品表面弱碱中心数量也最多;我们通过焙烧和探针分子吸附等后处理手段进一步调控了催化剂表面的酸碱性质,初步结果表明在酸碱中心的协同作用下可以有效地催化醇和胺的氧化耦合反应;其中弱碱性位可能是活化醇的主要活性中心,而醇的氧化是该反应的速控步骤,因此可以推测表面弱碱中心的数量在一定程度上决定着催化剂在该反应中的性能.更多还原

【Abstract】 A series of Mg-Al mixed oxide catalysts are prepared and introduced as efficient irreducible catalysts for the oxidative coupling of alcohols and amines to imine. The structure and surface properties of Mg-Al oxides are modulated by changing the Mg/Al ratios, calcination temperature and treatment with probe molecules. Detailed characterization, including X-ray diffraction, ²⁷Al magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, N₂-adsorption, NH₃-temperature-programmed desorption, CO₂-temperature-programmed desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of these catalysts. The Mg-Al oxides with Mg/Al = 3 exhibit the highest activity in the reaction, which possess a large number of surface weak basic sites and a relatively small number of weak acidic sites. The role of the acidic and basic sites in the reaction process is systematically investigated, and are shown to serve as adsorption and activation sites for amines and alcohols, respectively. Under the synergistic effect of these acid-base centers, the oxidative coupling process successfully occurs on the surface of Mg-Al mixed oxides. Compared with the acidic sites, the weak basic sites play a more important role in the catalytic process. The acidic sites are the catalytic centers for the benzyl alcohol activation, which control the reaction rate of the oxidative coupling reaction.更多还原