A new solid acid for specifically cleaving the C-ar-C-alk bond in di(1-naphthyl)methane

作者：Yue, Xiao Ming; Wei, Xian Yong^*; Sun, Bing; Wang, Ying Hua; Zong, Zhi Min; Fan, Xing; Liu, Zi Wu

来源：Applied Catalysis A: General , 2012, 425: 79-84.

DOI：10.1016/j.apcata.2012.03.002

• Coal liquefaction
• Di(1-naphthyl)methane
• Hydrocracking
• Specific cleavage

Three catalysts were prepared by impregnating the same volume of pentachloroantimony (PCA), trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSTFMS), or isometric PCA and TMSTFMA into an activated carbon (AC). Di(1-naphthyl)methane (DNM) was used as a coal-related model compound to evaluate their catalytic activity. The results show that C-ar-C-alk bond in DNM can be specifically cleaved over each catalyst to afford naphthalene and 1-methylnaphthalene under pressurized hydrogen at temperatures up to 300 degrees C, but as a new solid acid (NSA), PCA-TMSTFMS/AC is significantly more active for DNM hydrocracking than the other two catalysts. FTIR and SEM analyses reveal the strong interactions among PCA, TMSTFMS, and the AC in the NSA. NH3-TPD analysis suggests that the NSA should exhibit appreciably stronger acidity than the other two catalysts. The strong interactions may result in the appreciably stronger acidity of the NSA than that of the other two catalysts and thereby facilitate DNM hydrocracking. It is presumed that H-2 was heterolytically cleaved to immobile H- and mobile H . The addition of mobile H to ipso-position of DNM should be crucial step for DNM hydrocracking.

• 出版日期2012-5-28
• 单位中国矿业大学（北京）; 华南理工大学