Niobium Oxides methanol oxidation

Bulk aluminum may undergo the following dangerous interactions exothermic reaction with butanol, methanol, 2-propanol, or other alcohols, sodium hydroxide to release explosive hydrogen gas. Reaction with diborane forms pyrophoric product. Ignition on contact with niobium oxide + sulfur. Explosive reaction with molten metal oxides, oxosalts (nitrates, sulfates), sulfides, and sodium carbonate. Reaction with arsenic trioxide + sodium arsenate + sodium hydroxide produces the toxic arsine gas. Violent reaction with chlorine trifluoride, Incandescent reaction with formic acid. Potentially violent alloy formation with palladium, platinum at mp of Al, 600°C. Vigorous dissolution reaction in... 

A similar technique has been used to determine the acidic character of niobium oxide and niobyl phosphate catalysts in different solvents (decane, cyclohexane, toluene, methanol and isopropanol) using aniline and 2-phenyl-ethylamine as probe molecules [27, 28]. The heat evolved from the adsorption reaction derives from two different contributions the exothermic enthalpy of adsorption and the endothermic enthalpy of displacement of the solvent, while the enthalpy effects describing dilution and mixing phenomena can be neglected owing to the differential design and pre-heating of the probe solution. 

As a specific example of the correlations we have observed, our experimental results demonstrate that the reactions of vanadium and niobium oxide cluster cations with methanol lead to dehydrogenation of methanol under single collision conditions producing neutral formaldehyde [16]. Formaldehyde is, indeed, a major product formed from methanol over condensed-phase vanadia surfaces [17]. Another study conducted in our laboratory showed that,, Clj products were formed during the reaction between certain clusters and CCl, leaving phosgene (COClj) as the most likely neutral product [15, 18]. The decomposition of... 

Justes DR, Moore NA, Castleman AW Jr (2004) Reactions of vanadium and niobium oxides with methanol. J Phys Chem B 108 3855... 

Supports and Catalysts. The preparation of the supports used in this study was discussed in detail elsewhere. The two phosphate supports, A O AIPO and 4MgO lSA O 10A1P0 were co-precipi-tated using the necessary nitrate salts, phosphoric acid, and ammonium hydroxide at a fixed pH (.] ) Niobia was precipitated by adding ammonium hydroxide to a methanolic solution of niobium chloride (8). The niobia-silica support was prepared by impregnating SiO (Davison 952) to incipient wetness with a hexane solution of niobium ethoxide. The sample was then dried and calcined to obtain a homogeneous surface phase oxide (9). 

The full report of the preparation and properties of two octacyanoniobates has appeared (Vol. 4, p. 75). Impure K5[Nb(CN)8] can be obtained from the reaction of an excess of aqueous potassium cyanide with an electrolytically reduced solution of niobium pentachloride in methanol. Oxidation of the product by air or H2O2 gives orange K4[Nb(CN)8],2H20 (see p. 73). Solutions of this salt are stable in the dark but disproportionate photolytically to the Nb complex, Nb20s, and HCN. M5[Nb-... 

Maniatakou A, Parsons S, Karaliota A (2007) Photosensitized oxidation of bromide to bromine catalyzed by niobium pentachloride in methanol solution. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 192 29-35. doi 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.02.032... 

The significant difference between the TOP and selectivity of bulk metal molybdates and vanadates compared with pure metal oxides was a key factor in uncovering the true surface composition of those bulk catalysts. Table 11.3 and Table 11.4 show the number of surface active sites, redox TOP, and selectivity toward methanol selective oxidation products of bulk metal vanadates and the corresponding metal oxide, respectively. Similar results were obtained for bulk metal molybdates. Bulk metal vanadates possess a high selectivity to formaldehyde with some selectivity to dimethoxy methane (nickel vanadate), dimethyl ether (niobium, chromium, and aluminum vanadates), methyl formate (magnesium, chromium, and copper vanadates), and CO2 (niobium and silver vanadates). 

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