Cycles catalysts

Normally, copper-catalysed Huisgen cycloadditions work with terminal alkynes only. The formation of a Cu-acetylide complex is considered to be the starting point of the catalyst cycle. However, the NHC-Cu complex 18 was able to catalyse the [3-1-2] cycloaddition of azides 17 and 3-hexyne 23 (Scheme 5.6). 

TaniaPhos active catalyst discussion As shown by Salzer (2) such complexes with half sandwich stracture result in the catalyst cycle into a hydride species where the pentadienyl moiety can be hydrogenolyticaUy liberated (2, 6). This was verified in the case of BINAP complexes (2, diss. Podewils, Geyser). In accordance to this fact and other mechanistic aspects from Noyori s work (3, 5) it is likely that the pre-catalyst species undergoes the same reaction pathway and that the reactive part of the pre-catalyst, the pentadienyl moiety, will be liberated under hydrogenolytic conditions as shown below in Scheme 23.9 ... 

SLPC or SAPC (supported liquid [or aqueous] phase catalysis [9,10,62,64] see also Section 5.2.5) provide no improvement, probably because of the tremendous stress on the support/transition metal bond during the repeated change between tetrahedral and trigonal-bipyramidal metal carbonyls over the course of a single catalyst cycle. Only recent publications [11,21,26b,28h] report on successful realization of supported homogeneous hydroformylation catalysts, but so far there is no confirmation by practise-soriented tests -not to mention by commercial applications. 

In common with many catalysed reactions, the important features of carbonylation process chemistry may be associated with different aspects of the catalytic cyde. Broadly, process activity may vary either because (i) more of the catalyst is present in the active form, (ii) the activity of the catalyst in the active form is enhanced or inhibited or, less commonly, (iii) the rate controlling step does not involve the catalyst. The process selectivity may vary because of side reactions (i) occurring through the active catalyst cycle, (ii) involving inactive catalyst, or (iii) taking place because of the organic chemistry of the systems. Examples of all these contributions to overall process effidency are found in the various commerdal carbonylation processes. 

Loss of selectivity during the active catalyst cycle can occur, for example, at the level of the metal methyl, leading to CH4 or the metal acyl, leading to C2 byproducts. 

As well as characterizing complexes involved in the main catalyst cycles, spectroscopy has contributed to the measurement of the kinetics of these cycles and to byproduct reactions. The major catalyst species present under working conditions of the catalyst systems have been identified for all the systems. Individual reaction steps involving interconversion of catalyst complexes have been isolated and studied in model reactions. IR has been very important in these studies with metal carbonyl species, including the identification of Ru promoter species in MeOH carbonylation. 

Several combinations of promoters showed particular advantageous results. For example, addition of small amounts of group VI-B elements to tin, lithium or phosphine promoted reactions sharply increase the catalyst activity (Table III). Only the metals or the carbonyls are active for this function. It is presumed that part of the function of these elements is to assist in the reduction part of the catalyst cycle especially in the initial phase of the reaction. 

In the case of phosphine, the active catalyst is presumably either bisphosphine dicarbonyl or the phosphine tricarbonyl complex. Kinet-ically the bis-phosphine nickel complex cannot be the predominant species. However, in the presence of very high phosphine concentration it may have an important role in the catalyst cycle. After ligand loss and methyl iodide oxidative addition, both complexes presumably give the same 5 coordinate alkyl species. 

T,he hydroformylation reaction or oxo synthesis has been used on an industrial scale for 30 years, and during this time it has developed into one of the most important homogeneously-catalyzed technical processes (I). A variety of technical processes have been developed to prepare the real catalyst cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride from its inactive precursors, e.g., a cobalt salt or metallic cobalt, to separate the dissolved cobalt carbonyl catalyst from the reaction products (decobaltation) and to recycle it to the oxo reactor. The efficiency of each step is of great economical importance to the total process. Therefore many patents and papers have been published concerning the problem of making the catalyst cycle as simple as possible. Another important problem in the oxo synthesis is the formation of undesired branched isomers. Many efforts have been made to keep the yield of these by-products at a minimum. 

The process has an absolutely closed catalyst cycle no losses occur during the cycle. The catalyst always remains in liquid phase eliminating the handling of solid materials. 

The unpromoted hydrocyanations of monoolefins discussed so far generally involved only a few catalytic cycles on nickel. The development of a practical commercial process depended on getting many cycles. Certain Lewis acids are quite remarkable in increasing (1) catalyst cycles, (2) the linearity of products obtained, and (3) the rates of reaction. The effects depend on the Lewis acid, the phosphorus ligand used, and the olefin substrate (72). 

Catalyst cycle of Rh(I)-phosphine system. Most mechanistic studies on ligand-modified rhodium catalysts have been performed with HRh(CO)(PPh3)3. Extensive mechanistic studies have revealed that HRh(CO)2(PPh3)2 (18-electron species) is a key active catalyst species, which readily reacts with ethylene at 25°C [43]. Two mechanisms, an associative pathway and a dissociative pathway, were proposed [43-46], depending on the concentration of the catalyst. 

The rest of the catalyst cycle is identical to that illustrated for the rhodium complex-catalyzed reactions in Scheme 1. It has been proposed that the asymmetric induction occurs during the formation of alkyl-Pt(CO)L2 intermediate through olefin insertion into the Pt-H bond [13]. 

In 1970, Chauvin and Herisson presented a study of the co-metathesis of cycloalkene/alkene mixtures using a WOCLj/SnBuj pro-catalyst mixture [12]. Whilst the fully quantitative analysis of the product mixtures was made complicated by the range of techniques that were required for the low, medium and high molecular weight products (mono alkenes, telomers and polymers), it became clear that product ratios were not consistent with what would be predicted by either mechanism in Scheme 12.14. The analysis and associated mechanistic interpretation were seminal and worthy of consideration in some detail here. The key point is that both mechanisms in Scheme 12.14 are pairwise, i.e. each turnover of the catalyst cycle involves two alkenes that undergo concerted alkylidene exchange. When a single alkene, e.g. pent-2-ene (C5), is considered, the products of alkylidene metathesis... 

Catalysts Cycle lengths in excess of four years are expected for the alkylation and transalkylation catalysts. Process equipment is fabricated entirely from carbon steel. Capital investment is reduced as a consequence of the high activity and extraordinary selectivity of the alkylation catalyst and the ability of both the alkylation and transalkylation catalysts to operate with very low quantities of excess benzene. 

The catalysts are non-corrosive and operate at mild conditions, allowing for all carbon-steel construction. The reactors can be designed for 2-6 year catalyst cycle length, and the catalyst is fully regenerable. The process does not produce any hazardous effluent. 

Table 15 Olefin metathesis using sol-gel bound olefin metathesis catalysts Cycle...

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Equation 8.23 is the most general rate equation for a trace-level catalyst cycle A <— P with one intermediate. It reduces to the Briggs-Haldane equation 8.21 if fcPX - 0 or CP = 0, that is, if the second step is irreversible or only the initial rate is considered. It reduces further to the Michaelis-Menten equation 8.18 if, in addition, kxr A xa, that is, if the first step is in quasi-equilibrium. 

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