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Conversion of Polyethylene to Low-Molecular-Weight Oil Products at Moderate Temperatures Using Nickel/Zeolite Nanocatalysts
by Hyungjin Cho, Ahyeon Jin, Sun Ju Kim, Youngmin Kwon, Eunseo Lee, Jaeman J. Shin and Byung Hyo Kim
Materials 2024, 17(8), 1863; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081863 - 18 Apr 2024
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Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely used plastic, known for its high mechanical strength and affordability, rendering it responsible for ~70% of packaging waste and contributing to microplastic pollution. The cleavage of the carbon chain can induce the conversion of PE wastes into [...] Read more.
Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely used plastic, known for its high mechanical strength and affordability, rendering it responsible for ~70% of packaging waste and contributing to microplastic pollution. The cleavage of the carbon chain can induce the conversion of PE wastes into low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, such as petroleum oils, waxes, and natural gases, but the thermal degradation of PE is challenging and requires high temperatures exceeding 400 °C due to its lack of specific chemical groups. Herein, we prepare metal/zeolite nanocatalysts by incorporating small-sized nickel nanoparticles into zeolite to lower the degradation temperature of PE. With the use of nanocatalysts, the degradation temperature can be lowered to 350 °C under hydrogen conditions, compared to the 400 °C required for non-catalytic pyrolysis. The metal components of the catalysts facilitate hydrogen adsorption, while the zeolite components stabilize the intermediate radicals or carbocations formed during the degradation process. The successful pyrolysis of PE at low temperatures yields valuable low-molecular-weight oil products, offering a promising pathway for the upcycling of PE into higher value-added products. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Polymer Blends and Composites)
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Ferrocenyl Migrations and Molecular Rearrangements: The Significance of Electronic Charge Delocalization
by Michael J. McGlinchey
Inorganics 2020, 8(12), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8120068 - 11 Dec 2020
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The enhanced stabilization of a carbocationic site adjacent to a ferrocenyl moiety was recognized within a few years of the discovery of sandwich compounds. While a detailed understanding of the phenomenon was the subject of some early debate, researchers soon took advantage of [...] Read more.
The enhanced stabilization of a carbocationic site adjacent to a ferrocenyl moiety was recognized within a few years of the discovery of sandwich compounds. While a detailed understanding of the phenomenon was the subject of some early debate, researchers soon took advantage of it to control the ease and direction of a wide range of molecular rearrangements. We, here, discuss the progress in this area from the pioneering studies of the 1960s, to more recent applications in chromatography and analytical detection techniques, and currently in the realm of bioactive organometallic complexes. Several classic reactions involving ferrocenyl migrations, such as the pinacol, Wolff, Beckmann, and Curtius, are discussed, as well as the influence of the ferrocenyl substituent on the mechanisms of the Nazarov, Meyer-Schuster, benzoin, and Stevens rearrangements. The preparation and isomerizations of ferrocenyl-stabilized vinyl cations and vinylcyclopropenes, together with the specific cyclization of acetylcyclopentadienyl-metal derivatives to form 1,3,5-substituted benzenes, demonstrate the versatility and generality of this approach. Full article
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Influence of the Brønsted Acidity on the Ring Opening of Decalin for Pt-USY Catalysts
by Lech Walesa Oliveira Soares and Sibele Berenice Castellã Pergher
Catalysts 2019, 9(10), 786; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9100786 - 20 Sep 2019
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A challenging hot topic faced by the oil refinery industry is the upgrading of low-quality distillate fractions, such as light cycle oil (LCO), in order to meet current quality standards for diesel fuels. An auspicious technological alternative entails the complete saturation of the [...] Read more.
A challenging hot topic faced by the oil refinery industry is the upgrading of low-quality distillate fractions, such as light cycle oil (LCO), in order to meet current quality standards for diesel fuels. An auspicious technological alternative entails the complete saturation of the aromatic structures followed by the selective cleavage of endocyclic carbon-carbon bonds in the formed naphthenic rings (selective ring opening—SRO). This work reports the influence of Brønsted acid sites of platinum-ultra stable Y zeolite (Pt-USY) catalysts in the SRO of decalin as a model naphthenic feed. A maximum combined yield to selective ring opening products (ROP: C10-alkylcycloalkanes + OCD: C10-alkanes) as high as 28.6 wt% was achieved for 1.6Pt-NaUSY-im catalyst. The molar carbon distribution curve of the hydrocracked (C9-) products varied from M-shaped for 1.4Pt-USY-im catalyst, indicating mainly C–C bond cleavage of the ring opening products with one remaining naphthenic ring via carbocations and the paring reaction, to not M-shaped for the 1.6Pt-NaUSY-im catalyst, where carbon-carbon bond cleavage occurs preferentially through a hydrogenolysis mechanism on metal sites. High (hydro)thermal stability and secondary mesoporosity of the 1.6Pt-NaUSY-im catalysts make this system highly prospective for upgrading low-quality real distillate feeds. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis and Application of Zeolite Catalysts)
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Spectroscopic and Structural Study of Some Oligosilanylalkyne Complexes of Cobalt, Molybdenum and Nickel
by Michaela Zirngast, Christoph Marschner and Judith Baumgartner
Molecules 2019, 24(1), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24010205 - 8 Jan 2019
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Metal induced stabilization of α-carbocations is well known for cobalt- and molybdenum complexed propargyl cations. The same principle also allows access to reactivity enhancement of metal coordinated halo- and hydrosilylalkynes. In a previous study, we have shown that coordination of oligosilanylalkynes to the [...] Read more.
Metal induced stabilization of α-carbocations is well known for cobalt- and molybdenum complexed propargyl cations. The same principle also allows access to reactivity enhancement of metal coordinated halo- and hydrosilylalkynes. In a previous study, we have shown that coordination of oligosilanylalkynes to the dicobalthexacarbonyl fragment induces striking reactivity to the oligosilanyl part. The current paper extends this set of oligosilanylalkyne complexes to a number of new dicobalthexacarbonyl complexes but also to 1,2-bis(cyclopentadienyl)tetracarbonyldimolybdenum and (dippe)Ni complexes. NMR-Spectroscopic and crystallographic analysis of the obtained complexes clearly show that the dimetallic cobalt and molybdenum complexes cause rehybridization of the alkyne carbon atoms to sp3, while in the nickel complexes one π-bond of the alkyne is retained. For the dicobalt and dimolybdenum complexes, strongly deshielded 29Si NMR resonances of the attached silicon atoms indicate enhanced reactivity, whereas the 29Si NMR shifts of the respective nickel complexes are similar to that of respective vinylsilanes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Silicon Chemistry 2018)
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