Supported aqueous phase

Supported aqueous phase (SAP) catalysts (16) employ an aqueous film of TPPTS or similar ligand, deposited on a soHd support, eg, controlled pore glass. Whereas these supported catalysts overcome some of the principal limitations experienced using heterogeneous catalysts, including rhodium leaching and rapid catalyst deactivation, SAP catalysts have not found commercial appHcation as of this writing. 

In another interesting area in the study of hydroformylation, Davis developed the concept of supported aqueous phase (SAP) catalysis.175 A thin, aqueous film containing a water-soluble catalyst adheres to silica gel with a high surface area. The reaction occurs at the liquid-liquid interface. Through SAP catalysis, the hydroformylation of very hydrophobic alkenes, such as octene or dicyclopentadiene, is possible with the water-soluble catalyst [HRh(CO)(tppts)3]. 

Ru(II)BINAP was sulfonated and immobilized by the supported-aqueous-phase technique.208-210 Immobilization of Ru(II)BINAP by ion exchange of the sulfonated complex on anionic minerals was also reported.211 The complex is only present at the outer surface and is not intercalated within the interlamel-lar space of the clay. 

The [HRh(CO)(TPPTS)3] precursor has opened a large area for the Supported-Aqueous-Phase (SAP) catalyzed functionalization of heavy substrates (see Chapter 9.9). Several ways to increase the efficiency of heavy alkene hydroformylation by Rh2(//-S-But)2(CO)2(TPPTS)2] have been investigated.424... 

Renewed interest in this method came recently from its adaptation to the immobilization of water/ organic solvent biphasic catalysts, resulting in the so-called supported aqueous phase catalysts (SAPCs).117 The molecular catalyst is immobilized via water, which is hydrogen bonded to the surface silanol groups reactants and products are in the organic phase (Figure 11)... 

The supported aqueous phase methodology was applied to the system Pd(OAc)2/5 TPPTS, a catalytic precursor for the Trost-Tsuji reaction. The characterization of the solid by 31P MAS NMR confirms the presence of Pd°(TPPTS)3 as the main surface species. The catalytic properties of the solid were tested for the allylic substitution of E-cinnamylethylcarbonate by different nucleophiles such as ethyl acetoacetate, dimethyl malonate, morpholine, phenol, and 2-mercapto-pyridine. The absence of palladium leaching was demonstrated, and having solved the problem of water leaching from the solid to the organic phase, the SAP-Pd catalyst was successfully recycled several times without loss in its activity. It was used in a continuous flow experiment which... 

Figure 3.14. Schematic representation of the concept of supported aqueous phase catalysis...

A water-soluble chelating diphosphine ligand (9) based on the xanthene backbone was also studied as supported aqueous phase catalysts. It was shown that this ligand performed well as SAPC since it is much more selective than other SAPC systems reported in literature [68]. Recycling experiments showed that these catalysts retained their activity and selectivity for at least ten consecutive runs, whereas under similar conditions the TPPTS based catalyst showed a reduced performance in the fourth run. 

Substitution of the water-biphasic procedure by supported aqueous phase catalysis (SAPC, see below) [39,10,26b,64] ... 

Figure 5.10. Schematic illustration of a supported aqueous-phase catalytic system (SAPC)...

SLP) systems where a high boiling organic solvent was used as the liquid film. Later, supported aqueous phase (SAP) catalysts where intensively studied [71]. 

In a somewhat different approach, supported-aqueous-phase-catalysts (SAPC, see Chapter 5, Section 5.2.5 of this book) have been combined with supercritical CO2 in catalytic hydrogenation [55], Ruthenium was supported on silica and combined with the ligand TPPTS in water, after which a scC02/H2 phase was applied together with the substrate. Better levels of conversion were obtained using scC02 than the equivalent system with toluene for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. 

Supported aqueous phase (Chapter 3, Section 3.6, Chapter 5, Section 5.2.5) and supported ionic liquid phase catalysts, Chapter 7, Section 7.3) are probably not suitable for use with higher alkenes because the liquid feed slowly dissolves some of the water or ionic liquid changing the nature of the catalyst and leading to catalyst leaching. 

SAP supported-aqueous-phase scC02 supercritical carbon dioxide... 

Research in this field started in the wake of the reports of SL-PC. Consisting of a catalyst-containing supported liquid layer for CF reactions in the gas phase, the concept was transferred to batch reactions, using a catalyst dissolved in a supported aqueous phase. This was first referred to as supported aqueous-phase catalysis (SAPC) by Davis in an article published in Nature in 1989. Later, the concept was extended, using a variety of names, but the essence has remained the same a supported catalyst-philic phase. 

In future research, it may be interesting to combine supported liquid phase (SLP) catalysts or supported aqueous phase (SAP) catalysts [61,62] with SCCO2 as a mobile phase. 

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