Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 610-620.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60351-3

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Selective Hydrogenation of Benzene to Cyclohexene over a Ru-Zn Catalyst with Diethanolamine as an Additive

SUN Haijie, PAN Yajie, WANG Hongxia, DONG Yingying, LIU Zhongyi*, LIU Shouchang   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
  • Received:2011-10-21 Revised:2011-11-21 Online:2012-04-13 Published:2015-09-09

Abstract: A Ru-Zn catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation, and the effect of adding diethanolamine on benzene selective hydrogenation to cyclohexene was investigated. The catalyst was characterized by N2 physisorption, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectra, and temperature-programmed reduction. Diethanolamine reacted with ZnSO4 in the slurry to form (Zn(OH)2)3(ZnSO4)(H2O)3 and diethanolamine sulfate. The amount of (Zn(OH)2)3(ZnSO4)(H2O)3 adsorbed on the catalyst surface increased with the increase of diethanolamine amount. The synergism of (Zn(OH)2)3(ZnSO4)(H2O)3 and diethanolamine sulfate improved the cyclohexene selectivity of the Ru-Zn(4.9%) catalyst. With a diethanolamine dosage of 0.3 g, (Zn(OH)2)3(ZnSO4)(H2O)3 was highly dispersed on the catalyst surface and the sample after hydrogenation was characterized, and this catalyst exhibited the best performance with a cyclohexene selectivity and yield of 75.5% and 63.6%, respectively, at the benzene conversion of 84.3% in the third run. Moreover, the benzene conversion and cyclohexene selectivity were stable above 75% and cyclohexene yields were above 58% in fourth run.

Key words: diethanolamine, ruthenium, zinc, benzene, selective hydrogenation, cyclohexene