OE44 Effect of Mg/Al atom ratio on catalytic performance of Pt/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst in acetonitrile hydrogenation

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 2:50 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Christophe Poupin1, Laurence Pirault-Roy2, Rhizlane Maache1, Rachid Brahmi3, Charles Kappenstein4 and Christopher T. Williams5, (1)of Chemistry, University of Poitiers, Laboratory of Catalysis, LACCO, UMR CNRS 6503, Poitiers, France, (2)of Chemistry, University of Poitiers, Laboratory of Catalysis, Poitiers, France, (3)Chemistry, University of Poitiers, Laboratory of Catalysis, LACCO, UMR CNRS 6503, Poitiers, France, (4)Chemistry, University of Poitiers, Laboratory of Catalysis, Poitiers, France, (5)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
To improve the selectivity towards the primary amines during nitrile hydrogenation, we point out a key parameter to control products distribution. The enhancement of basicity properties of the support modifies the acetonitrile hydrogenation pathway: a new adsorbed species appears on MgO supported catalysts that favors primary amine production.

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