The effect of treatment with sodium carbonate and hydrogen on the activity and selectivity of polymeric Pd-containing catalysts for hydrogenation of acetylene compounds

Abstract

Catalytic hydrogenation of the triple carbon-carbon bond of acetylene compounds is an important industrial process. High selectivity to the olefin compound should be provided in the process. This study considers the effect exerted by sodium carbonate treatment of the palladium catalysts containing super-cross-linked polystyrene (SPS) on their activity and selectivity in the hydrogenation of 2-methyl- 3-butin-2-ol and phenylacetylene. The effect of such treatment was shown to depend on the chosen palladium precursor and the type of polymeric support (non-functionalized SPS or that containing ternary amino groups). At atmospheric pressure of hydrogen and a temperature of 90 °C in a toluene medium, the 1%-Pd/SPS catalysts treated with Na2CO3 provided a 98 % selectivity in the hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butin-2-ol (at a 95 % conversion of the substrate), while selectivity in the hydrogenation of phenylacetylene reached 99.5 %.