Screening, catalyst

In three-phase asymmetric hydrogenations, the asymmetric catalytic system consists of a traditional hydrogenation catalyst, Pt/Al203, and a chiral inductor that adsorbs on the Pt surface giving chiral catalytic sites [168]. 

Screening of chiral modifiers to find the best catalyst is very important and in microstructured reactors it can be done faster than in traditionally used packed bed reactors. 

A continuous microstructured reactor equipped with a perforated (5 pm) membrane is used for the investigation of the gas-liquid-solid asymmetric hydrogenation of ethylpyruvate on a Pt/y-Al203 catalyst modified with chiral inductors under 

A catalytic reaction represents a complex problem that is influenced by numerous factors. In order to find a suitable catalyst or solvent for a particular reaction, screening tests are carried out. This means keeping several reaction conditions constant while only one parameter is varied. The procedure is briefly smnmarized in Table 13-2 [ 1 ]. 

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Screening tests do not allow any absolute predictions about the activity or applicability of a catalyst. Instead they provide measurements that can be compared with one another. Therefore, it is important that parameters, once chosen, are applied to all screening experiments. 

Catalyst screening provides a comparison of several catalysts with respect to the desired target parameter. Nonsystematic influences can also be investigated in the course of the screening process, for example  

Let us now examine the screening procedure for the example of a catal54ic hydrogenation [13, 30]. 

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Silva (1971) used the Berty reactor to execute exploratory measurements on vapor-phase hydrogenation of organic substrates that had little vapor pressure at room temperature. The substrate was measured by weight in a small ceramic boat and put on the catalyst screen beside a few particles of catalyst, also measured by weight. Then the stirring started, and the autoclave was heated to the reaction temperature. Finally the desired hydrogen pressure was applied suddenly and the reaction started. 

A small-scale PROX system was manufactured in a type of heat exchanger using non-pellet catalyst. Pt-Ru catalyst screened was impregnated on the support sheet. The support sheet was made by coating y-AlaOs on porous SUS-mesh plate (thickness 1.0 mm). The surface area of the catalyst sheet was 96 mVg. The catalyst sheet was applied to a heat exchanger type reactor of PROX as shown in Fig. 2. The PROX reactor was manufactured as a unit module and tested. Fig. 3 is the test-set of the PROX. Air was applied as the coolant. 

Smallness of micro-flow components safety gains tool for kinetics evaluation process development for large-scale processes polymerization combinatorial catalyst screening hydrogen via reforming [218],... 

ScHOUTEN, J. C., Rebrov, E., de Croon, M. H. J. M., Challenging prospects for microstructured reaction architectures in high-throughput catalyst screening, small scale fuel processing, and sustainable fine chemical synthesis, in Proceedings of the Micro Chemical Plant - International Workshop, pp. L5 (25-32) (4 Eebruary 2003), Kyoto, Japan. 

Pennemann, H., Hessel, V, Kost, H.-J., Lowe, H., de Belleeon, C., Investigations on pulse broadening for transient catalyst screening in gas/liquid systems, AIChE J. (2003) 34. 

Muller, A., Drese, K., Gnaser, H., Hampe, M., Hessel, V, Lowe, H., Schmitt, S., Zapf, R., A combinatorial approach to the design of a screening reactor for parallel gas phase catalyst screening, Chim. Oggi 21, 9 (2003)... 

Electrocatalysis and Catalyst Screening from Density Functional Theory Calculations... 

Catalyst screen at 90 psi hydrogen at r.t. and 60 °C for 20 h - No product detected Pfaltz-lr-BARF-cat, (Et-Duphos)Rh(COD)BF4,(BINAP)Ru(ll)CI2, Phanephos/(COD)2RhBF4, Josiphos SL-J009-1/(COD)RhCI,... 

Various phosphino oxazoline ligands were designed, and they can also be optimized via high-throughput catalyst screening for certain applications. In (244), a near square planar environment with two nitrogen atoms in a cis position relative to each other is observed.6 9... 

Catalyst Screening with Xylitol - Batch Reactor... 

The C-5 sugar alcohols produced from the hydrolysis of hemicellulose are both xylitol and arabitol [6], Equivalence testing was performed with Ni/Re catalyst in the batch reactor to verily similar performance between xylitol and arabitol feedstocks. The operating conditions were 200°C and 8300kPa H2 using the procedure outlined in section Catalyst Screening section. 

The catalysts which have been tested for the direct epoxidation include (i) supported metal catalysts, (ii) supported metal oxide catalysts (iii) lithium nitrate salt, and (iv) metal complexes (1-5). Rh/Al203 has been identified to be one of the most active supported metal catalysts for epoxidation (2). Although epoxidation over supported metal catalysts provides a desirable and simple approach for PO synthesis, PO selectivity generally decreases with propylene conversion and yield is generally below 50%. Further improvement of supported metal catalysts for propylene epoxidation relies not only on catalyst screening but also fundamental understanding of the epoxidation mechanism. 

Nanotechnology is an evolving research area especially in materials and biotechnological sciences. First studies have shown that the special properties of nanoparticles can give rise to highly active and selective catalysts to enable chemists to perform entirely novel transformations. Discussion and evaluation of the potential of nanoparticles for chemical research in a pharmaceutical company with experts in the field was needed. Other areas in catalysis like biotransformations and metal catalyst screening and development continue to expand the possibilities for the manufacturing of test compounds and development candidates. 

High-throughput methods for catalyst screening and optimization, as described in the literature even for hydrogenations [35], are not suitable for kinetic analyses in most cases. 

Fig. 42. Catalyst screening for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propene. T = 823 K molar ratios C3H8/02/N2/H20 = 5/25/25/45 GHSV = 1300 h-1 mcat = 1.4 - 8.0 g vcat = 5 ml [from Schuster et al. (259)].

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