Abstract
In this study, a series of hypercrosslinked poly(ionic liquid)s (HCPILs) formed from imidazolium tetrachloropalladate were successfully fabricated for selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene. Its textural properties can be tuned by the different molar ratios of reactants, thereby adjusting its active sites. The synthetic HCPILs were analyzed using various characterization techniques. Due to the constraint of the microporous structure and the charge effect of ionic liquid moieties in the HCPILs, palladium nanoparticles generated from HCPILs were reduced in situ during hydrogenation of phenylacetylene and highly dispersed. Amongst which catalyst a-4 with the largest pore-volume performed the best selectivity (97.3 %) to styrene at 96 % phenylacetylene conversion under the conditions of 308 K and 1 atm H2 pressure. Furthermore, the activity and selectivity of the catalyst did not change considerably in solvents with different polarities. Even after repeated the catalytic experiments for five times, the catalyst displayed no significant loss for activity and selectivity. This work shows industrial application potential and a developing direction in the selective hydrogenation process.
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