Post-synthesized zirconium-containing Beta zeolite in Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction: Pros and cons

作者：Wang Jie; Okumura Kazu; Jaenicke Stephan; Chuah Gaik Khuan^*

来源：Applied Catalysis A: General , 2015, 493: 112-120.

DOI：10.1016/j.apcata.2015.01.001

• Zirconium-beta
• Zeolite
• Post-synthesis
• Lewis acidity
• Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction

Zr-Beta zeolite was prepared by a two-step post-synthesis method involving dealumination of Al-Beta followed by wet impregnation with Zr(NO3)(4). Compared with Zr-Beta formed under fluoride-mediated hydrothermal conditions, the post-synthesized samples had smaller particle size and stronger Lewis acidity. The materials were tested as catalysts for Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction. In the reduction of 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone, it exhibited the same excellent stereoselectivity toward cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexanol (>99%) as the HF-synthesized Zr-Beta, but had a lower TOF. Because of the higher density of zirconium sites and the nanosized crystallites, it was a more effective catalyst for the MPV reduction of 1,4-cyclohexanedione, bulky aldehydes and aromatic ketones. However, it is more susceptible to poisoning by water adsorption because of its hydrophilic nature. The easily scalable synthesis method allows a faster preparation of metal-substituted Lewis acid zeolites, although differences in textural and chemical properties should be taken into consideration when the material is applied as a catalyst.

• 出版日期2015-3-5