1-Heptyne semihydrogenation catalysed by palladium or rhodium complexes. Influence of: metal atom, ligand and the homo/heterogeneous condition

M.E. QUIROGA; D.A. LIPRANDI; E.A. CAGNOLA; L'ARGENTIERE, PABLO CÉSAR

APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Elsevier Sci. B.V.

Año: 2007 vol. 326 p. 121 - 129

0926-860X

[RhCl(TDA)3], [RhCl(HA)3], [PdCl2(TDA)2] and [PdCl2(HA)2] (TDA = tridecylamine, HA = hexylamine) were synthesized and tested as catalysts in homogeneous and heterogeneous condition for the 1-heptyne semi-hydrogenation, using g-alumina as support. The Lindlar catalyst was used as a reference. XPS, FTIR and Atomic Absorption results showed that the active catalytic species in each case is the complex itself. All of the catalytic systems exhibited a better performance than the Lindlar catalyst, with the exception of [PdCl2(HA)2]. The analysis of activity and selectivity values allowed to say that the best system is [RhCl(TDA)3]/Al2O3, an heterogeneous catalyst with an electron-rich transition metal and an electron-donating ligand (TDA) containing a long-chain hydrocarbon substituent. The complex system catalytic behaviour could be explained by means of electronic and geometric effects.