Catalyst poisoning reduction

Rhenium oxides have been studied as catalyst materials in oxidation reactions of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide, sulfite to sulfate, and nitrite to nitrate. There has been no commercial development in this area. These compounds have also been used as catalysts for reductions, but appear not to have exceptional properties. Rhenium sulfide catalysts have been used for hydrogenations of organic compounds, including benzene and styrene, and for dehydrogenation of alcohols to give aldehydes (qv) and ketones (qv). The significant property of these catalyst systems is that they are not poisoned by sulfur compounds. 

As an example, consider the use of PVPy as a solid poison in the study of poly(noibomene)-supported Pd-NHC complexes in Suzuki reactions of aryl chlorides and phenylboroiuc acid in DMF (23). This polymeric piecatalyst is soluble under some of the reaction conditions employed and thus it presents a different situation from the work using porous, insoluble oxide catalysts (12-13). Like past studies, addition of PVPy resulted in a reduction in reaction yield. However, the reaction solution was observed to become noticeably more viscous, and the cause of the reduced yield - catalyst poisoning vs. transport limitations on reaction kinetics - was not immediately obvious. The authors thus added a non-functionalized poly(styrene), which should only affect the reaction via non-specific physical means (e.g., increase in solution viscosity, etc.), and also observed a decrease in reaction yield. They thus demonstrated a drawback in the use of the potentially swellable PVPy with soluble (23) or swellable (20) catalysts in certain solvents. 

Nitric acid synthesis, platinum-group metal catalysts in, 19 621 Nitric acid wet spinning process, 11 189 Nitric oxide (NO), 13 791-792. See also Nitrogen oxides (NOJ affinity for ruthenium, 19 638—639 air pollutant, 1 789, 796 cardioprotection role, 5 188 catalyst poison, 5 257t chemistry of, 13 443—444 control of, 26 691—692 effect on ozone depletion, 17 785 mechanism of action in muscle cells, 5 109, 112-113 oxidation of, 17 181 in photochemical smog, 1 789, 790 reduction with catalytic aerogels, l 763t, 764... 

Operators try to control conversion processes such that the fines production rate about equals the poisoning rate in order to avoid a net removal of equilibrium catalyst. Source reduction strategies for reducing FCC catalyst losses include ... 

The most active forms contain barium chromite, which is incorporated by adding barium nitrate to the reaction mixture. The barium in the catalyst gives protection against sulphate poisoning and is said to stabilise the catalyst against reduction. 

For use in the Rosenmund reduction (Expt 6.120) the catalyst is moderated by the addition of the appropriate quantity of a quinoline-sulphur poison prepared in the following manner. Heat under reflux 1 g of sulphur with 6g of quinoline for 5 hours and dilute the resulting brown liquid to 70 ml with xylene which has been purified by distillation over anhydrous aluminium chloride. Thiourea (about 20% by weight of the palladium-barium sulphate catalyst) may also be used as a catalyst poison. 

Chemical reactions involve reaction with feed (e.g., reaction with a poison reduction, in the case of oxidation catalysts), intermediary or final products (e.g. carbide formation), or reaction between catalyst components. 

Additional stages can be used in series to gain additional reductions in the salt content of the crude oil. Two stages are typical, but some installations use three stages. About 90 percent of the emulsified water can be recovered in one step, whereas 99 percent recovery is possible with a two-step process.9 The additional investment for multiple stages is offset by reduced corrosion, plugging, and catalyst poisoning of downstream equipment with the cleaner crude feed. 

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