Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 605-609.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60341-0

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Hydrogenation of 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidin-4-one over Cu30Cr5/Basic Alumina

MA Jianchao, LIU Shuai, FAN Xiaopeng, DU Xiaobao, YAN Xilonga, CHEN Ligongb   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2011-10-14 Revised:2011-11-08 Online:2012-04-13 Published:2015-09-09

Abstract: Alumina B (basic alumina, pH > 8) was used as the support of copper-chromium catalysts for continuous hydrogenation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-one (TAA) to 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ol (TMP). It was found that Cu30Cr5/alumina B exhibited better catalytic performance than Cu30Cr5/γ-Al2O3. 99.0% conversion of TAA and 97.2% selectivity for TMP were obtained over Cu30Cr5/alumina B under optimized conditions. Cu30Cr5/γ-Al2O3 and Cu30Cr5/alumina B were characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and NH3 temperature-programmed desorption. The results showed that Cu particles dispersed better in Cu30Cr5/alumina B than in Cu30Cr5/γ-Al2O3.

Key words: 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-one, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ol, basic alumina, 2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanone, copper, chromium, γ-alumina