Gerardo Santori

Hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde on Pt/SiO2 catalysts modified with tin added via surface organometallic chemistry on metals techniques

The importance of the preparation procedure and the understanding of the mechanisms that control this stage on the final properties of the catalyst are evidenced for PtSn systems obtained via surface organometallic chemistry on metals (SOMC/M) techniques. The temperature of preparation reaction also plays a fundamental role as regards the nature of the active phase finally obtained, giving rise to catalytic phases having different levels of selectivity to unsaturated alcohols (UOL) in the crotonaldehyde hydrogenation. Organobimetallic catalysts lead to very high selectivities to crotyl alcohol (80% at 5% conversion).

Effect of particle size in the hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde on supported Pt and Pt-Sn catalysts

The present work reports the effect of metal particle size on the selectivity to crotyl alcohol (SUOL) in the liquid phase hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde over SiO2 and a-Al2O3-supported Pt and Pt-Sn catalysts. It was demonstrated that, for the monometallic catalysts, a higher particle size led to a higher SUOL, while for the bimetallic catalysts, this effect was not so important.

Hydrogenation of (-)-menthone, (+)-isomenthone, and (+)-pulegone with platinum/tin catalysts

The hydrogenation of (-)-menthone, (+)-isomenthone, and (+)-pulegone over SiO2-supported Pt and Pt-Sn catalysts was studied in this work. The modification with tin was performed by means of the techniques of surface organometallic chemistry on metals. This way of modifying the catalysts allowed stereoisomers of menthol to be obtained in a one-step process. The hydrogenation of these terpenones was favored by the presence of tin in the bimetallic phase.