HETEROGENIZED POLYMETALLIC CATALYSTS .1. CATALYTIC AIR OXIDATION OF 3,5-DI-T-BUTYLPHENOL BY CU(II) AND FE(III) COMPLEXED TO A POLYPHENYLENEPOLYMER CONTAINING BETA-DI-KETONE AND BETA-TRI-KETONE SURFACE LIGANDS
K. Zaw et Pm. Henry, HETEROGENIZED POLYMETALLIC CATALYSTS .1. CATALYTIC AIR OXIDATION OF 3,5-DI-T-BUTYLPHENOL BY CU(II) AND FE(III) COMPLEXED TO A POLYPHENYLENEPOLYMER CONTAINING BETA-DI-KETONE AND BETA-TRI-KETONE SURFACE LIGANDS, Journal of molecular catalysis. A, Chemical, 101(3), 1995, pp. 187-198
Catalysis preparation involves the cyclic trimerization polymerization
of acetylated aromatics. The polymer is coated on a high surface area
support, Celite, and cured to give insoluble high molecular weight po
lymer. Reaction of the remaining acetyl end groups with base and methy
l acetate gave beta-diketone groups on the surface of the polymer. A s
econd reaction with base and methyl acetate places beta-triketones on
the surface, The beta-triketones can bind two metal ions in a known ge
ometry. The chemically modified surfaces containing beta-diketone and
beta-triketone surface ligands were reacted with Cu(OAc)(2) and FeCl3
to give mono- and bi-metallic surface complexes. The oxidation of 3,5-
di-t-butylcatechol was studied with all the surfaces. The monometallic
catalysts gave only the ortho-quinone as product. The bimetallic cata
lysts absorbed about twice as much dioxygen as the monometallic cataly
sts and gave ring cleaved products. Both gave induction periods before
dioxygen uptake began. With the bimetallic catalysts the dioxygen upt
ake stopped at about the ratio: 2 O-2/l catechol. This is twice as muc
h dioxygen as that required for ring cleavage so H2O2 may be the dioxy
gen reduction product rather than water. The monomeric Cu(OAc)(2) diox
ygen uptake curve reached a maximum and then released gas. This could
result from Cu(II) catalyzed decomposition of H2O2.