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CONTROLLING THE ACTIVITY AND CHEMOSELECTIVITY IN THE
CINNAMALDEHYDE HYDROGENATION BY INSERTION OF NON-
NOBLE METALS IN THE MATRIX OF HYDROALCITE-LIKE
MATERIALS
Alexandru Chirieac, Brindusa Dragoi, Adrian Ungureanu, Alina Moscu Corcodel, Constantin
Rudolf, Alexandra Sasu, Emil Dumitriu1
Department of Organic and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and
Environmental Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi,
73 Prof.dr.docent Dimitrie Mangeron Street,700050-Iasi, Romania,
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to prepare new nanocomposite catalysts of Metal/LDHs type
by mild reduction of transition metals Co2+ and Cu2+ cations substituted in the matrix of ZnAl-LDH
at 150°C and atmospheric pressure, under hydrogen flow. To this end, a series of ZnCuCoAl
layered double hydroxides (LDH) precursors were synthesized by co-precipitation method. M2+/M3+
(i.e., Zn2+/Al3+) molar ratios were kept constant while the Cu2+/Co2+ molar ratios were varied in
order to investigate their influence on the structural and textural properties of the resulted catalysts.
The LDH precursors were systematically characterized by different techniques such as powder
XRD, nitrogen physisorption, FT-IR and DR UV-Vis spectroscopy as well as temperature
programmed reduction (TPR). The characterization results indicate that all the precursors present
well-crystallized layered structures and a high degree of substitution of cobalt and copper cations in
the ZnAl matrix. Upon the mild reduction treatment the layered structure of precursors was
maintained, whereas a certain part of transition cations was reduced to metallic centers acting as
highly dispersed catalytic active sites. The effect of chemical composition of the ZnCuCoAl LDHs
on the catalytic properties in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde was studied in propylene carbonate at 150°C and atmospheric pressure. It was observed that catalytic activity
gradually increases with the Cu content of LDH, whereas the selectivity to unsaturated alcohol does
not depend on the chemical composition. A substantial high chemoselectivity of LDHs can be
however attained by replacing Cu with Ni in ZnCoAl LDH precursors at the expense of decreased
activity..
Keywords: cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation, layered double hydroxides, Co-based catalysts, Cu-
based catalysts1 Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: +40 232278683; Fax:+40 232271311
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1. Introduction
The intensive demand for new environmentally friendly materials and technologies led to
the development of the catalysis field which now provides sustainable routes to convert efficientlyand economically the raw materials into valuable chemicals, fuels and other products. The synthesis
of fine chemicals is an area of great interest where catalysis should be more deeply involved since
this industry is under great pressure to develop new efficient processes with low energy and raw
materials consumption and minimal wastes. Nonexpensive catalysts based on transitional metals are
intensively studied nowadays to meet these requirements.
The selective hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes such as cinnamaldehyde is of
great importance in fine chemicals industry especially in flavoring, perfume and pharmaceutical(Castelijins et al. 1998, Tessonnier et al., 2005; Gallezot et al., 1998; Coq et al., 1998; Ponec, 1997)
because it leads to the formation of useful products (i.e., cinnamylalcohol (CNOL) and
hydrocinnamaldehyde (HCNA)). However, the hydrogenation of C=C bonds is favored from
thermodynamic and kinetic considerations. Therefore the hydrogenation of C=O bond to obtain
CNOL is a continuous and challenging scientific task since it requires chemoselective catalysts.
High selectivity to CNOL was obtained with Ir- and Os-based catalysts (Mäki-Arvela et al., 2005),
while the noble metals from Pt group display selectivity to CNOL when promoters are used.
However, the high cost and low availability of these catalysts cause a serious problem, and
therefore enhanced research efforts are made nowadays to develop active, chemoselective and
inexpensive catalysts which are based on non-noble metals.
In this regard, the synthesis of nanocomposite materials affords new opportunities on the
design of more active and selective catalysts. This study is focused on the synthesis of some
Me/LDH nanocomposites (Me = Co, Cu) obtained from layered double hydroxide (LDH)
precursors with applications in the liquid phase hydrogenation of the cinnamaldehyde. The general
formula for the LDHs is [M1− x2+M x
3+(OH)2] x+(An−) x/n·mH2O, where M2+ and M3+ are di- and
trivalent cations respectively, including Mg2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Co2+, or Cu2+ and Al3+, Ga3+, Cr 3+ or Fe3+,
respectively; x is equal to the molar ratio M2+/(M2++M3+), and An− can be simple or complex anions.
Generally, the structure of LDHs consists of positively charged layers which are stacked on top of
each other (Fig. 1.a). These positive charges are compensated by anions which lie in the interlayer
region between two sheets. In the space between layers are also accommodated molecules of
crystallization water.
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2.1. Preparation of LDHs
Layered double hydroxides synthesis containing Zn, Cu, Co and Al were prepared using the
low supersaturation co-precipitation method at room temperature. Two solutions, first containing
metal nitrates ([Zn2+
] + [Cu2+
] + [Co2+
] + [Al3+
] = 1.0 M) and a second alkaline solution (NaOH + Na2CO3 = 1.1 M) were simultaneously added in a three-necked round-bottom flask fitted with a pH
electrode and containing a small amount of deionized water. The suspension was vigorously stirred
and maintained at the desired pH (~ 8) by adjusting the relative flow rates of the two solutions. The
final suspension was aged under stirring at room temperature for 12 h. The precipitate was filtered
off, and then washed two times with carbonate solution in order to remove nitrate ions from the
interlayers, and finally repeatedly washed with sufficient deionized water to remove residual
sodium. The resulting precipitates were dried at 40 °C for 24 h.The solids are labeled according to the ratio between cooper and cobalt as ZCuCoA XY in
which X and Y represents the molar ratio of the substituted elements (Cu and Co) in the ZnAl
matrix.
2.2. Characterization of the catalysts
Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were recorded on a SEIFERT diffractometer using
monochromatized Cu Kα radiation (λ = 1.542 Å). Usually, the diffraction data were collected using
continuous scan mode with a scan speed of 2 °·min-1 over the scan range 2θ = 2 – 70 °.
N2 adsorption and desorption isotherms were obtained at 77 K on Autosorb 1-MP
(Quantachrome) instrument. Prior to the measurements, samples (ca. 80 – 100 mg) were outgassed
under high vacuum at 150 °C for 3h. The volume of adsorbed N 2 was normalized to standard
temperature and pressure.
FT-IR spectra were recorded on a Perkin-Elmer FT1730 instrument, using KBr pellets; 100
spectra (recorded with a nominal resolution of 4 cm−1) were averaged to improve the signal-to-noise
ratio.
Diffuse reflectance UV – visible (DR UV – vis) spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu UV-
2450 spectrometer equipped with integrating sphere unit (ISR-2200). The spectra were collected at
190 – 800 nm using BaSO4 as reference.
Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) measurements were carried with a TPDRO 1100
instrument. The reducing agent was H2/Ar (5% vol). The gas flow (50 ml·min−1 ), sample weight
(15 – 20 mg) and heating rate (10 °C·min−1) were chosen according to preliminary tests aiming to
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optimize resolution of the curves. A 13X molecular sieve trap was used to remove water.
Calibration of the instrument was carried out with CuO (Merck).
2.3. Catalytic activity
For each test, the non-calcined catalyst was first reduced at 150 °C for 2 h (heating rate of 6
°C·min – 1) under hydrogen flow (1 L.h – 1) and then transferred to the reaction system. The catalytic
hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde test was carried out at atmospheric pressure in a three neck
glass reactor equipped with reflux condenser and magnetic stirrer (900 rpm) under the following
conditions: 1 ml of reagent (7.94 × 10 – 3 mol), 25 ml of propylene carbonate as solvent, and 0.265 g
of catalyst, hydrogen flow 1 L.h – 1, and constant reaction temperature of 150 °C.
Samples of the reaction mixture were withdrawn periodically and the identification andquantification of reaction products were performed with GC (HP 5890 gas chromatograph, FID
detector, DB-5 column) and were based on the retention times and suitable response factors,
respectively. In order to confirm the identity of the products, GC-MS analyses were performed with
an Agilent 6890N system equipped with an Agilent 5973 MSD detector and a DB-5-ms column.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Chemical and physical properties
There are few reports about synthesis and properties of multicomponent LDHs which
contain Co in their structure; it could be mentioned some ternay LDHs: CoZnAl (Benito et al,.
2009), CoNiAl (Rives et al., 2003), quaternary LDHs: MgCoNiAl (Tichit et al., 2001), CoCuZnAl
(Velu et al, 2001) and even with five elements CuZnCoAlCr (Porta et al., 1995). However, to the
best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports about Me/LDHs nanocomposites obtained bymild reduction from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) precursors containing Co2+ and Cu2+
transition metal cations substituted in the matrix of ZnAl-LDH.
The characterization of the LDH solids was performed to study the obtained crystalline phases,
phase purity, texture as well as to prove the substitution of transitional metals in the brucite-like
layers. To this aim, the as-synthesized solids were first characterized from crystallographic point of
view. Figure 2 shows the XRD patterns of the LDH precursors with constant Zn/Al ratios, constant
M2+/M3+ ratios, but with variable Cu2+/Co2+ ratios.
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Figure 2. XRD patterns for the as-made ZnCuCoAl LDHs obtained by co-precipitation
These diffractograms indicate that pure layered double hydroxides were synthesized for all
compositions. The shape and symmetry of XRD peaks are characteristic of well-crystallized
materials. The XRD patterns show sharp and symmetrical reflections at low 2Θ angles (planes
(003), (006), (110) and (113)) and broad and asymmetric peaks at high 2Θ angles (planes (012),
(015) and (018)). According to literature, these peaks are characteristic for crystalline phases of
hydrotalcite-like LDHs (Cavani et al., 1991). The absence of other crystalline impurity phases (e.g.,
malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2) suggests that ions of Co2+ and Cu2+ are isomorphous substituted in the
brucite-like layers. It can be also observed in Figure 2 that ZCuCoA 10 sample (the Co-free sample)
exhibits a high crystallinity, which gradually decreases with the increase in the content of Co, in
well agreement with Velu et al., 2001. From the XRD diffractograms, the lattice parameters ”a” and
“c“ as well as the crystallite sizes were calculated and their values are included Table 1. As it can be
observed, with the increase in the copper content the value of parameter ”a” increases, in agreement
with the larger ionic radius of Cu2+ with respect to Co2+ in octahedral environments, while the
value of parameter ”c” decreases. The molar fractions of Zn2+ and Al3+ are almost constant in all
samples, indicating the compliance of Vegard’s rule. It is worthy of note that upon the mild
reduction treatment, the XRD results (not show) show that the hydrotalcite-like structures of LDH
precursors were maintained.
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Figure 3. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms for as-made ZnCuCoAl LDHs
obtained by co-precipitation
The textural properties such as BET surface area, the average pores diameter and pore
volume for the investigated LDH precursors are also shown in Table 1 and are in agreement withthose reported in the literature (Benito et al., 2006). ZnCuCoAl – LDH exhibit characteristic type IV
isotherms (Figure 3), which are typical for mesoporous materials, with high BET surface) and
average pore diameter higher than 300 Å for all samples. The hysteresis loop is of H3 type, which is
usually associated with the condensation-evaporation phenomena between aggregates of platelet
particles giving rise to slit-shaped pores.
Table 1. Textural and structural characteristics for the samples ZnCuCoAl series obtained by co-precipitation
Sample Molar ratio Crystalline phase a c D(003) D(110) S BET
(m2.g -1 )
V t
(cm3.g -1 )
APS
Zn Cu Co Al (Å) (Å) (nm) (nm) (Å)
ZCuCoA 10 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 LDH 3.076 22.59 19.9 13.8 77 0.72 373
ZCuCoA 82 1.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 LDH 3.072 22.70 17.5 14.5 96 0.83 349
ZCuCoA 55 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 LDH 3.072 22.68 14.5 20.3 102 0.90 353
ZCuCoA 28 1.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 LDH 3.071 22.68 15.1 22.5 102 0.79 310
ZCuCoA 01 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 LDH 3.065 22.86 16.1 28.6 93 0.72 311
The characterization of as-synthesized materials was further accomplished by FTIR
spectroscopy to analyze the substitution of the two cations in the ZnAl matrix. The corresponding
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FTIR spectra are shown in Figure 4. Beside the three groups of absorption bands at 1630, 1480 and
1357 cm-1 discussed elsewhere (Dragoi et al., 2010a), the spectra show absorption bands below
1000 cm-1 which indicates the formation of crystalline networks containing transitional metals.
Generally, these bands are associated with the stretching and deformation modes in M-O, M-O-M’
and O-M-O specific groups in the brucite-like layers, together with other modes of the carbonateanion (Chang et al., 2005; Rives et al., 2003; Holgado et al., 2001).
Figure 4. FT-IR spectra for as-made ZnCuCoAl LDHs obtained by co-precipitation
Figure 5 presents the DR UV-Vis spectra for the layered double hydroxides of the
ZnCuCoAl series. Because Zn2+ and Al3+ have d 10 and d 0 electronic configurations, they do not
show absorption bands in the UV-Vis spectra. Therefore, the spectra from Figure 3 show bands
associated with d-d transitions of Cu2+ and Co2+ cations in octahedral coordination in the brucite-
like layer. The position of the absorption bands depends on the nature of cations while their
intensity depends on their concentrations. As consequence, the absorption band at 528 nm is more
intense as the content of substituted Co2+ increases. As cobalt is gradually replaced by copper, the
intensity of this band decreases until its disappearance along with an increase in the intensity of a
band centered at ~750 nm. For the Co-free sample (ZCuCoA 10) only a band at ~750 nm was
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observed, which is attributed to the Cu2+ cations in an octahedral coordination and situated on the
edges of the brucite like-layers.
Figure 5. DR UV-Vis spectra for as-made ZnCuCoAl LDHs obtained by co-precipitation
To confirm that the band at ~750 nm is indeed characteristic of Cu2+ cations, selected
samples were reduced at 150°C under hydrogen flow and their corresponding spectra were recorded
(Figure 5). It can be observed that this band completely disappeared and a new band become visible
at ~600 nm. Moreover, the intensity of this last band increases with the Cu content. According toliterature, the band at ~600 nm is attributed to absorption of the Cu o atoms (Sojka et al., 2008). It is
interesting to observe that the adsorption bands at ~240 nm attributed to octahedral Cu2+ are still
visible after reduction at 150°C, suggesting that only copper cations placed on the edges of the
brucite layers and on the crystal defects are reducible under these conditions.
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Figure 6. DR UV-Vis spectra for ZnCuCoAl LDHs after reduction at 150°C.
The reducibility of Cu2+ and Co2+ in ZnNiCoAl-LDH precursors were investigated by means
of TPR. Figure 7 illustrates the TPR curves for two selected samples with different Cu2+/Co2+ molar
ratio. Because Zn2+ and Al3+ cations are not reducible in the studied temperature range 25 – 800 °C,
the TPR curves reflect the reduction of cobalt and nickel cations to the corresponding zero valent
states. For the Cu-rich LDH (sample ZCuCoA 82), a first reduction main peak at ~261°C together
with a shoulder at ~236 °C can be observed, which may be assigned to the reduction of Cu2+ species
in two different chemical environments and/or locations in the brucite-like layers (Velu et al.,
2001). According with the DR UV Vis results (Figure 5), the low temperature peak can be
tentatively attributed to the reduction of copper cations in highly defective positions in the brucite-
like layers and may explain the formation of Cu0/LDH nanocomposites by mild reduction treatment.
Beside these peaks, a broad and low intense peak can be observed centered at ~ 521 °C, which is
associated with hardly reducible Co2+ cations (Velu et al., 2000) (S. Velu, K. Suzuki, M. P. Kapoor,
S. Tomura, F. Ohashi and T. Osaki, Chem. Mater., 2000, 12, 719.). The Co-rich LDH (sample
ZCuCoA 28) shows peaks at similar reduction temperatures as Cu-rich sample (~245 and ~512 °C)
but of different contributions at the total hydrogen consumption, in agreement with its higher Co/Cu
ratio. It is finally worthy of note that comparing with the Co- and Cu-free LDH samples, the
reduction temperatures of both Cu2+ and Co2+ are lower in bi-component LDHs (~ 325 °C for Co-
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alcohol (CNOL) (route 1), hydrocinnamaldehyde (HCNA) (route 2) and hydrocinnamyl alcohol
(HCNOL) (routes 3 and 4).
Scheme 1. Reaction pathways for CNA hydrogenation
Figure 8 illustrates the catalytic activity of Me/LDH nanocomposites obtained by the mild
reduction at 150o
C of as-synthesized ZnCuCoAl LDH precursors. Under such mild conditions,according to TPR data, only Cu2+ are susceptible to be reduced to Cu0 while cobalt remains in
cation state due to its low reducibility. It is thus expected that activity mainly depends on the
content of Cu in the LDH precursors. Indeed, it can be observed in Figure 8 that after 6 h of reaction
the total conversion of CNA drastically increased from ~1 % to 98.53 % for Cu-free and Co-free
LDH, respectively. Moreover, the activity gradually increases with the increase in the Cu/Co ratio.
Fig. 8. Hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde over Me/LDHs nanocomposites derived from
ZnCuCoAl LDH precursors .
(Reaction conditions: T = 150 °C, 0.265 g catalyst; CNA = 1 ml, solvent = propylene carbonate (25
mL), rate stirring = 900 rpm, H2 flow = 1L.h-1).
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The high activity of Me/LDH nanocomposites in hydrogenation can be associated without
any doubt with the concentration of copper catalytic active species, in particular the types present
on the surface of nanocomposites. It is considered that the reduction of copper cations placed in the
most favorable positions such as edges and vertices of LDH crystals, crystal defects, etc leads to
highly active catalytic active centers. As discussed in our previous study (Dragoi et al., 2010b),copper cations are statistically distributed in the LDH framework and thus, when some of the Cu-O-
M bonds (M = Co, Mg, Al) are broken by mild reduction (see Figure 1), Cu0 will be highly
dispersed in the LDH component of the nanocomposite. Consequently, our data confirm that
metallic copper is catalytically active in hydrogenation only when it is in a highly dispersion state
(i.e., high electron densities) (Maki-Arvela et al., 2005). As concerns the influence of Co2+, it seems
that its main role is to improve the reducibility of Cu2+ cations, since the selectivity to CNOL does
not depend at all on the Co content of nanocomposites (maximum of ~ 45 % at a isoconversion of CNA of ~9 % for all compositions).
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Fig. 9. Selectivity vs CNA conversion over Me/LDH nanocomposites obtained from ZNiCoA 82
(A) and ZCuCoA 82 (B) precursors. (Reaction conditions: T = 150 °C, 0.265 g catalyst; CNA = 1
ml, solvent = propylene carbonate (25 mL), rate stirring = 900 rpm, H2 flow = 1L.h-1).
However, when Cu is replaced with Ni in the ZnAl matrix, the role played by cobalt is
totally changed. Figure 9 shows a comparison between the selectivity of catalysts derived from
ZNiCoA 82 and ZCuCo 82 LDH precursors, which illustrates that the activity and chemoselectivityof Me/LDH nanocomposites can be finely controlled by an adequate choice of the transition non-noble
metal. Thus, as compared with the ZnCuCoAl system, substitution of Co and Ni in the ZnAl matrix results in
a lower catalytic activity (9 vs 55 % CNA conversion after 6 h of reaction) but in an enhanced selectivity to
unsaturated alcohol (85 vs 45 % at an isoconversion of CNA of 9 %) (Figure 9A and B).
Conclusions
Experimental data described in the present work provide evidence of the possibility of using
non-calcined layered double hydroxide substituted in brucite-like layers with cations of non-noble
transition metals (Ni2+, Co2+, Cu2+) as precursors for the composites containing nanosized metal
particles in LDH matrix. Their layered structure and the substitution of Cu2+ and Co2+ in the brucite-
like layers were proved by various methods (XRD, FT-IR, DR UV-Vis, TPR, etc.). Reduction of
some transition metal cations located in favorable positions and their encapsulation in the matrix do
not lead to a drastic loss in the layered structure when the activation process is carried out at 150°C,
under hydrogen flow. At the same time, the resulted nanocomposite materials of metal/LDH typeexhibited high catalytic activity in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. On the one
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hand, Cu and Co substitution offered a better catalytic activity in terms of CNA conversion. On the
other hand, the catalyst derived from CoNi-containing LDH was found to be more promising for the
selective production of CNOL. Certainly, the catalytic properties could be tailored by modifying the
chemical composition of LDH precursors. Thus, nanocomposites of this kind could attract much
attention for their potential practical applications as catalytic materials, which are easily synthesized, andusefully for carrying out hydrogenation processes under gentle reaction conditions.
Acknowledgement: The authors (A.C., A.U., B.D., E.D.) acknowledge the financial support from
CNCSIS-UEFISCSU (Romania) under PNII-Idei Project No. 485/2009. C. Rudolf acknowledges the
financial support of POSDRU CUANTUMDOC “Doctoral Studies for European Performances in
Research and Inovation” ID 79407 project funded by the European Social Found and Romanian
Government. A. Sasu acknowledges the financial support of EURODOC “Doctoral Scholarships for
research performance at European level" ID 59410 project, finance by the European Social Found
and Romanian Government.
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