C-S hydrogenolysis

When both elimination and substitution followed by C-S hydrogenolysis are possible, elimination usually dominates, especially when there is branching at the a and/or p carbon atoms. Thus, 80% methylcyclohexene and 20% methylcyclohexane were formed as initial products in the HDN of 2-methylcyclohexylamine (40), demonstrating that elimination is the main route of nitrogen removal. 

The catalysts (50 mg) were heated up to 673 K in He at a rate of 6 K/min and pretreated at this temperature in situ either in He or in a mixture of 5% HgS in H2 for 1 h. Thiophene HDS test reactions were carried out at 673 K and atmospheric pressure in a flow reactor system (30 cm min flow of 3% thiophene in Hg). Thiophene and the products were detected by GC. The conversion is the fraction of thiophene converted to coke and gaseous products, the yield is the fraction of thiophene converted to gaseous products. The catalytic properties were characterized by activities in C-S hydrogenolysis without C-C bond breaking (yield - (Ci+Cj+Cg products)), cracking (yield - C4 products), and coking (conversion - yield). The catalytic conversions determined after 5 minutes time on stream are discussed here, because all samples deactivated fast due to coke formation. 

The transition metal free zeolites (HMOR, HZSM5, NaY) did not show any C-S hydrogenolysis activity for thiophene, but exhibited remarkable coking, and, the acidic zeolites, additionally some cracking activity. 

C-S hydrogenolysis de hydrodesulfurization partial hydrogenation total hydrogenation... 

Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Carbon-Huonne Bonds it-Bond Participation Mechamsm Hudlicky, M J Fluorine Chem 44, 345-359 58 n o C) S ... 

Carbonyl groups can be converted to methylene groups by desulfurization of thioketals. The cyclic thioketal from ethanedithiol is commonly used. Reaction with excess Raney nickel causes hydrogenolysis of both C—S bonds. 

The initial step of the adsorption of thiols on a Mo(100) surface is the formation of adsorbed thiolate groups. Phenyl thiolate is formed upon adsorption of thiophenol at 120 K on a clean Mo(110) surface.381 The thiolate intermediate subsequently undergoes competing C-S bond hydrogenolysis to form benzene, or C-S and C-H bond scission to form surface benzyne. The adsorption of thiophenol was also studied on a sulfur-covered Mo surface382 Phenyl disulfide is formed via S-H bond scission and S-S bond formation. The S-S linkage is oriented perpendicular and the phenyl ring parallel to the surface. 

The elimination of the chiral auxiliary from hydroxy sulfoxides by hydrogenolysis of the C-S bond with Ra-Ni did not give the expected desulfurized... 

The general reaction occurring in hydrodesulfurization has been described in Section 2.1.1. The most studied model compound is DBT. The reactivity towards hydrogenation of the phenyl substituents already mentioned (Section 2.1.1) is also observed in the hydroprocessing of sulfur compounds. The reactivity towards hydrogenolysis of the C-S bond masks the effects associated to aromatics hydrogenation. The DBT reaction network is sketched in Fig. 8 the pseudo-first-order reaction constants measured by Houalla [68] have been included. 

The combined information gathered from kinetic studies,184 in situ high-pressure NMR experiments,184,185,195 and the isolation of intermediates related to catalysis, leads to a common mechanism for all the hydrogenolysis reactions of (102)-(104) and other thiophenes catalyzed by triphos- or SULPHOS-rhodium complexes in conjuction with strong Bronsted bases. This mechanism (Scheme 41) involves the usual steps of C—S insertion, hydrogenation of the C—S inserted thiophene to the corresponding thiolate, and base-assisted reductive elimination of the thiol to complete the cycle.184 185 195-198... 

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