Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1998, 63, 1945-1953
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19981945
Catalyst Selection for Hydrogenation of 1,2-Dihydroacenaphthylene
Jiří Hanikaa, Karel Sporkaa, Petr Macounb and Vladimír Kysilkab
a Department of Organic Technology, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
b Lachema, a.s., 621 33 Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract
The activity of ruthenium, palladium, and nickel catalysts for the hydrogenation of 1,2-dihydroacenaphthylene in cyclohexane solution was studied at temperatures up to 180 °C and pressures up to 8 MPa. The GC-MS technique was used to identify most of the perhydroacenaphthylene stereoisomers, whose fractions in the product were found dependent on the nature of the active component of the catalyst. The hydrogenation was fastest on the palladium catalyst (3% Pd/C). The nickel catalyst Ni-NiO/Al2O3, which is sufficiently active also after repeated use, can be recommended for practical application. The activation energy of 1,2-dihydroacenaphthylene hydrogenation using this catalyst is 17 kJ/mol, the reaction order with respect to hydrogen is unity.
Keywords: 1,2-Dihydroacenaphthylene; Hydrogenation; Nickel; Ruthenium; Palladium; Catalyst; Acenaphthene; Heterogeneous catalysis.
