Chromium synthesis

C. Elschenbroich, E. Schmidt, R. Gondrum, B. Metz, O. Burghaus, W. Massa, and S. Wocadlo, Metal n Complexes of Benzene Derivatives. Germanium in the Periphery of Bis(benzene)vanadium and Bis(benzene)chromium. Synthesis and Structure of New Heterametallocyclophanes, Organometallics 16, 4589-4596 (1997). 

Reforming is completed in a secondary reformer, where air is added both to elevate the temperature by partial combustion of the gas stream and to produce the 3 1 H2 N2 ratio downstream of the shift converter as is required for ammonia synthesis. The water gas shift converter then produces more H2 from carbon monoxide and water. A low temperature shift process using a zinc—chromium—copper oxide catalyst has replaced the earlier iron oxide-catalyzed high temperature system. The majority of the CO2 is then removed. 

Processes for HDPE with Broad MWD. Synthesis of HDPE with a relatively high molecular weight and a very broad MWD (broader than that of HDPE prepared with chromium oxide catalysts) can be achieved by two separate approaches. The first is to use mixed catalysts containing two types of active centers with widely different properties (50—55) the second is to employ two or more polymerization reactors in a series. In the second approach, polymerization conditions in each reactor are set drastically differendy in order to produce, within each polymer particle, an essential mixture of macromolecules with vasdy different molecular weights. Special plants, both slurry and gas-phase, can produce such resins (74,91—94). 

HTS catalyst consists mainly of magnetite crystals stabilized using chromium oxide. Phosphoms, arsenic, and sulfur are poisons to the catalyst. Low reformer steam to carbon ratios give rise to conditions favoring the formation of iron carbides which catalyze the synthesis of hydrocarbons by the Fisher-Tropsch reaction. Modified iron and iron-free HTS catalysts have been developed to avoid these problems (49,50) and allow operation at steam to carbon ratios as low as 2.7. Kinetic and equiUbrium data for the water gas shift reaction are available in reference 51. 

Methanol Synthesis. Methanol has been manufactured on an industrial scale by the cataly2ed reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen since 1924. The high pressure processes, which utili2e 2inc oxide—chromium oxide catalysts, are operated above 20 MPa (200 atm) and temperatures of 300—400°C. The catalyst contains approximately 72 wt % 2inc oxide, 22 wt % chromium (II) oxide, 1 wt % carbon, and 0.1 wt % chromium (VI) the balance is materials lost on heating. 

Low Oxidation State Chromium Compounds. Cr(0) compounds are TT-bonded complexes that require electron-rich donor species such as CO and C H to stabilize the low oxidation state. A direct synthesis of Cr(CO)g, from the metal and CO, is not possible. Normally, the preparation requires an anhydrous Cr(III) salt, a reducing agent, an arene compound, carbon monoxide that may or may not be under high pressure, and an inert atmosphere (see Carbonyls). 

Ghromium(III) Compounds. Chromium (ITT) is the most stable and most important oxidation state of the element. The E° values (Table 2) show that both the oxidation of Cr(II) to Cr(III) and the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) are favored in acidic aqueous solutions. The preparation of trivalent chromium compounds from either state presents few difficulties and does not require special conditions. In basic solutions, the oxidation of Cr(II) to Cr(III) is still favored. However, the oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(VI) by oxidants such as peroxides and hypohaUtes occurs with ease. The preparation of Cr(III) from Cr(VI) ia basic solutions requires the use of powerful reducing agents such as hydra2ine, hydrosulfite, and borohydrides, but Fe(II), thiosulfate, and sugars can be employed in acid solution. Cr(III) compounds having identical counterions but very different chemical and physical properties can be produced by controlling the conditions of synthesis. 

The anhydrous halides, chromium (ITT) fluoride [7788-97-8], CrF, chromium (ITT) chloride [10025-73-7], CrCl, chromium (ITT) bromide [10031-25-1], CrBr, and chromium (ITT) iodide [13569-75-0], Crl, can be made by the reaction of Cr metal and the corresponding halogen at elevated temperatures (12,36). Other methods of synthesis for the haUdes are also possible (36—38). All of the haUdes have a layer stmcture and contain Cr(III) in an octahedral geometry. They are only slightly soluble in water but dissolve slowly when Cr(II) or a reducing agent such as Zn or Mg is added. 

The heavy metals, copper, chromium, mercury, nickel, and 2inc, which are used as catalysts and complexing agents for the synthesis of dyes and dye intermediates, are considered priority poUutants (313). 

Hydroquinone synthesis (regiospecific) from alkynes and carbonyl carbene chromium complexes... 

Ammonia production from natural gas includes the following processes desulfurization of the feedstock primary and secondary reforming carbon monoxide shift conversion and removal of carbon dioxide, which can be used for urea manufacture methanation and ammonia synthesis. Catalysts used in the process may include cobalt, molybdenum, nickel, iron oxide/chromium oxide, copper oxide/zinc oxide, and iron. 

The immediate outcome of the Hantzsch synthesis is the dihydropyridine which requires a subsequent oxidation step to generate the pyridine core. Classically, this has been accomplished with nitric acid. Alternative reagents include oxygen, sodium nitrite, ferric nitrate/cupric nitrate, bromine/sodium acetate, chromium trioxide, sulfur, potassium permanganate, chloranil, DDQ, Pd/C and DBU. More recently, ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) has been found to be an efficient reagent to carry out this transformation. When 100 was treated with 2 equivalents of CAN in aqueous acetone, the reaction to 101 was complete in 10 minutes at room temperature and in excellent yield. 

Annelation of chromium carbene complexes in synthesis of heterocycles 99CSR187. 

Synthesis of heterocycles with C—C bond formation, involving organo-chromium(in) reagents 99CRV991. 

Low-valent chromium compounds in synthesis of natural 0-heterocycles 99CSR169. 

The synthetic value of the Dotz reaction has for example been demonstrated by the synthesis of vitamin Ki(20) 10 (simplified structure). This natural product has been prepared synthetically from the chromium carbene complex 8 and the alkyne 9 in two steps the second step being the oxidative decomplexation to yield the free product 10 ... 

The unsaturated substituent in the carbene complex 1 often is aromatic or heteroaromatic, but can also be olefinic. The reaction conditions of the Dotz procedure are mild various functional groups are tolerated. Yields are often high. The use of chromium hexacarbonyl is disadvantageous, since this compound is considered to be carcinogenic however to date it cannot be replaced by a less toxic compound. Of particular interest is the benzo-anellation procedure for the synthesis of anthra-cyclinones, which are potentially cytostatic agents. ... 

A novel one-pot synthesis of ct-nitro ketones from alkenes has been observed 01 with trimethylsilyl nitrate-chromium trioxide or a trimeihylsilyl nitrate-DMSO reagent system fEq. 2.44. ... 

Allylic bromides can also serve as progenitors for nucleophilic organochromium reagents. An elegant example is found in Still and Mobilio s synthesis of the 14-membered cembranoid asperdiol (4) (see Scheme 2).7 In the key step, reduction of the carbon-bromine bond in 2 with chromium(n) chloride in THF is attended by intramolecular carbonyl addition, affording a 4 1 mixture of cembranoid diastereoisomers in favor of the desired isomer 3. Reductive cleav-... 

Double stereodifferentialing Hiyarna reactions are the key steps in the total synthesis of ( + )- and (-)-nephromopsinic acid12 and (-)- and ( + )-dihydrocanadensolide33. The enantiomcrically pure diterpene cycloaraneosene is assembled by two chromium(II) chloride mediated coupling reactions from (3S,87 )-9-benzyloxy-7-chloroirid-1-ene (3) and (3[Pg.444]

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