Silica on Alumina

Auroux et al. [124] have studied the influence of different preparation procedures on the acidic properties of the solid. The surface properties of the pure oxides, silica and alumina, can be modified by grafting. The surface acidities of the pure oxides and samples, obtained by grafting silica on alumina (SA) or alumina on silica (AS), of both Lewis and Brdnsted type, have been studied by means of microcalorimetry and TPD, using pyridine and 2,6-dimethylpyridine as probe molecules. Both techniques indicate that the grafted mixed oxides, SA and AS, have acidic properties different fi om those of the pure alumina and silica supports used as starting materials. 

Colloidal particles are attracted and held on planar surfaces, or are repelled by such surfaces, by the same forces that cause attraction or repulsion between two colloidal particles. Some of the basic principles have been reviewed by Jirgensons and Strau-manis (Ref. 53, p. 101.). The adsorption of colloidal silica on alumina and colloidal alumina on silica was shown by Her.(402) to occur at about pH 4. Once the ionic charge on the surface has been covered by a single layer of colloidal particles of opposite charge, the covered surface then bears the charge of the adsorbed particles and no further adsorption occurs. 

A large number of variously 2-, 4-, and 5-substituted thiazoles with alkyl, aryl, hydroxy, methylthio, mercapto, halo, and nitro groups have been analyzed by thin-layer chromatography on silica and alumina by the Stahl s technique (167, 170, 172). Among the many systems recommended for the elution of these compounds are the following ... 

Fig. 2.8 The adsorption of nitrogen at 77 K on nonporous samples of silica and alumina, ranging from 2-6 to 11-5 m g for silica and from 58 to 153m g for alumina. n/n is plotted against pjp°. (A) O, silica , alumina. (B) BET isotherm (Equation 2.12) with c values of 100-2(X).

Examples are provided by the work of Carman and Raal with CF2CI2 on silica powder, of Zwietering" with nitrogen on silica spherules and of Kiselev" with hexane on carbon black and more recently of Gregg and Langford with nitrogen on alumina spherules compacted at a series of pressures. In all cases, a well defined Type II isotherm obtained with the loose powder became an equally well defined Type IV isotherm with the compact moreover both branches of the hysteresis loop were situated (drove the isotherm for the uncompacted powder, but the pre-hysteresis region was scarcely affected (cf. Fig. 3.4). The results of all these and similar... 

Silica and Alumina. The manufacture of Pordand cement is predicated on the reaction of lime with siUca and alumina to form tricalcium sihcate [12168-85-3] and aluminate. However, under certain ambient conditions of compaction with sustained optimum moisture content, lime reacts very slowly to form complex mono- and dicalcium siUcates, ie, cementitious compounds (9,10). If such a moist, compact mixture of lime and siUca is subjected to steam and pressure in an autoclave, the lime—silica reaction is greatiy accelerated, and when sand and aggregate is added, materials of concrete-like hardness are produced. Limestone does not react with siUca and alumina under any circumstances, unless it is first calcined to lime, as in the case of hydrauhc lime or cement manufacture. 

This reaction is cataly2ed by silica, bauxite, and various metal sulfides. The usual catalyst is activated alumina, which also cataly2es the reduction by methane (228). Molybdenum compounds on alumina are especially effective catalysts for the hydrogen sulfide reaction (229). 

Usually they are employed as porous pellets in a packed bed. Some exceptions are platinum for the oxidation of ammonia, which is in the form of several layers of fine-mesh wire gauze, and catalysts deposited on membranes. Pore surfaces can be several hundred mVg and pore diameters of the order of 100 A. The entire structure may be or catalytic material (silica or alumina, for instance, sometimes exert catalytic properties) or an active ingredient may be deposited on a porous refractory carrier as a thin film. In such cases the mass of expensive catalytic material, such as Pt or Pd, may be only a fraction of 1 percent. 

All of the eommereial alkyl eyanoaerylate monomers are low-viseosity liquids, and for some applications this can be an advantage. However, there are instances where a viseous liquid or a gel adhesive would be preferred, sueh as for application to a vertical surface or on porous substrates. A variety of viscosity control agents, depending upon the desired properties, have been added to increase the viscosity of instant adhesives [21]. The materials, which have been utilized, include polymethyl methacrylate, hydrophobic silica, hydrophobic alumina, treated quartz, polyethyl cyanoacrylate, cellulose esters, polycarbonates, and carbon black. For example, the addition of 5-10% of amorphous, non-crystalline, fumed silica to ethyl cyanoacrylate changes the monomer viscosity from a 2-cps liquid to a gelled material [22]. Because of the sensitivity of cyanoacrylate esters to basic materials, some additives require treatment with an acid to prevent premature gelation of the product. 

Certain chemicals (sorbents) have the ability to absorb moisture from a gas they may be either solid or liquid. Performance of a chemical dehumidifi cation device depends on the sorbent used. The sorbent must t>e able to attract and remove the sorbate, such as water, from the gas stream, Stirbems absorb water on the surface of the material by adsorption or by chemically combining with water (absorption). If the unit is regenerative, the process is reversible, allowing water to be removed. This is achieved by a sorbent such as silica gel, alumina gel, activated alumina, lithium chloride salt, lithium chloride solution, glycol solution, or molecular sieves. In the case of nonregenerative equipment, hygroscopic salts such as calcium chloride, urea, or sodium chloride are used. 

Note The reagent can be employed on silica gel, alumina, polyamide and cellulose layers. In the case of the latter it is to be recommended that the solutions be diluted 1+3 with methanol. The detection limit is reported to be 0.1 to 0.5 pg per chromatogram zone [5]. 

Catalyst acid properties depend on several parameters, including method of preparation, dehydration temperature, silica-to-alumina ratio, and the ratio of Bronsted to Lewis acid sites. 

The increased solubility of substituted phthalocyanines (vide infra) enables more common purifications as used for other organic compounds. Usually the purification is done by chromatography either on alumina or silica gel, but recrystallization and extraction procedures can also be used. In some cases, the methods used for unsubstituted phthalocyanines can also be practiced, although the increased molecular weight accompanied by a reduced thermal stability makes sublimation more difficult.97 98 However, for substituted phthalocyanines, the stability towards acid may be reduced97 and, therefore, purification by treatment with sulfuric acid cannot generally be recommended. 

For the methanation reaction in the process of converting coal to a high Btu gas, various catalyst compositions were evaluated in order to determine the optimum type catalyst. From this study, a series of catalysts were developed for studying the effect of nickel content on catalyst activity. This series included both silica- and alumina-based catalysts, and the nickel content was varied (Table I). 

This is the same case with which in Eqs. (2)-(4) we demonstrated the elimination of the time variable, and it may occur in practice when all the reactions of the system are taking place on the same number of identical active centers. Wei and Prater and their co-workers applied this method with success to the treatment of experimental data on the reversible isomerization reactions of n-butenes and xylenes on alumina or on silica-alumina, proceeding according to a triangular network (28, 31). The problems of more complicated catalytic kinetics were treated by Smith and Prater (32) who demonstrated the difficulties arising in an attempt at a complete solution of the kinetics of the cyclohexane-cyclohexene-benzene interconversion on Pt/Al203 catalyst, including adsorption-desorption steps. 

This review will endeavor to outline some of the advantages of Raman Spectroscopy and so stimulate interest among workers in the field of surface chemistry to utilize Raman Spectroscopy in the study of surface phenomena. Up to the present time, most of the work has been directed to adsorption on oxide surfaces such as silicas and aluminas. An examination of the spectrum of a molecule adsorbed on such a surface may reveal information as to whether the molecule is physically or chemically adsorbed and whether the adsorption site is a Lewis acid site (an electron deficient site which can accept electrons from the adsorbate molecule) or a Bronsted acid site (a site which can donate a proton to an adsorbate molecule). A specific example of a surface having both Lewis and Bronsted acid sites is provided by silica-aluminas which are used as cracking catalysts. 

Olefin metathesis is the transition-metal-catalyzed inter- or intramolecular exchange of alkylidene units of alkenes. The metathesis of propene is the most simple example in the presence of a suitable catalyst, an equilibrium mixture of ethene, 2-butene, and unreacted propene is obtained (Eq. 1). This example illustrates one of the most important features of olefin metathesis its reversibility. The metathesis of propene was the first technical process exploiting the olefin metathesis reaction. It is known as the Phillips triolefin process and was run from 1966 till 1972 for the production of 2-butene (feedstock propene) and from 1985 for the production of propene (feedstock ethene and 2-butene, which is nowadays obtained by dimerization of ethene). Typical catalysts are oxides of tungsten, molybdenum or rhenium supported on silica or alumina [ 1 ]. 

As reported by Shani and Sondheimer,1 the dehydrohalogenation of the tetrabromide by means of potassium hydroxide in ethanol at 50-55° affords a mixture, which is readily separated by chromatography on alumina, of l,6-oxido[10]annulene and the isomeric 1-benzo-xepin. The latter compound is also formed during chromatography of l,6-oxido[10]annulene on silica gel.7... 

Several aluminum- and titanium-based compounds have been supported on silica and alumina [53]. Although silica and alumina themselves catalyze cycloaddition reactions, their catalytic activity is greatly increased when they complex a Lewis acid. Some of these catalysts are among the most active described to date for heterogeneous catalysis of the Diels-Alder reactions of carbonyl-containing dienophiles. The Si02-Et2AlCl catalyst is the most efficient and can be... 

The synthesis of imidazoles is another reaction where the assistance of microwaves has been intensely investigated. Apart from the first synthesis described since 1995 [40-42], recently a combinatorial synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted and 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles has been described on inorganic solid support imder solvent-free conditions [43]. Different aldehydes and 1,2 dicarbonyl compounds 42 (mainly benzil and analogues) were reacted in the presence of ammonium acetate to give the trisubstituted ring 43. When a primary amine was added to the mixture, the tetrasubstituted imidazoles were obtained (Scheme 13). The reaction was done by adsorption of the reagent on a solid support, such as silica gel, alumina, montmorillonite KIO, bentonite or alumina followed by microwave irradiation for 20 min in an open vial (multimode reactor). The authors observed that when a non-acid support was used, addition of acetic acid was necessary to obtain good yields of the products. 

The Michael reaction involving addition to carbon-carbon double bonds containing an electron-withdrawing group is catalysed by base. A variety of heterogeneous bases which can be reused are known, including alumina, KF on alumina and phenolates supported on silica, the last having proved particularly effective for addition of /3-keto esters to enones (Scheme 1.7). 

This paper describes the catalytic activity of nickel phosphide supported on silica, alumina, and carbon-coated alumina in the hydrodesulfurization of 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene. The catalysts are made by the reduction of phosphate precursors. On the silica support the phosphate is reduced easily to form nickel phosphide with hi catalytic activity, but on the alumina support interactions between the phosphate and the alumina hinder the reduction. The addition of a carbon overlayer on alumina decreases the interactions and leads to the formation of an active phosphide phase. 

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