Catalytic Activity of High-Surface-Area Amorphous MgO Obtained from Upsalite
The first aim of the research was to synthesize a pure Upsalite, which is an amorphous form of MgCO<sub>3</sub>, by modifying a procedure described in the literature, so that it would be the precursor of a high-surface, amorphous magnesium oxide. The results indicate that within the stud...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Sumario: | The first aim of the research was to synthesize a pure Upsalite, which is an amorphous form of MgCO<sub>3</sub>, by modifying a procedure described in the literature, so that it would be the precursor of a high-surface, amorphous magnesium oxide. The results indicate that within the studied reaction conditions, the type of alcohol used as the reactant has the most pronounced effect on the yield of reaction. From the two alcohols that led to the highest yield of Upsalite, methanol gave a substantially larger surface area (794 vs. 191 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>). The optimized synthesis conditions of Upsalite were used to obtain MgO via thermolysis, whose activity in the transfer hydrogenation reaction (THR) from ethanol, 2-propanol and 2-pentanol to various carbonyl compounds was determined. The optimal conditions for the thermolysis were as follows: vacuum, T = 673 K as the final temperature, and a heating rate of 2 deg min<sup>−1</sup>. The high-surface, amorphous magnesia (S<sub>BET</sub> = 488 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>) was found to be a very selective catalyst to 4-<i>t</i>-butylcyclohexanone in THR, which led to a diastereoselectivity of over 94% to the <i>E</i>-isomer of 4-<i>t</i>-butylcyclohexanol for more than 3 h, with conversions of up to 97% with either 2-propanol or 2-pentanol as the hydrogen donor. In the case of acrolein and 2-<i>n</i>-propylacrolein being used as the hydrogen acceptors, the unsaturated alcohol (UOL) was the main product of the reaction, with higher UOL yields noted for ethanol than 2-propanol. |
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