Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal

Solketal is derived from the reaction of acetone with glycerol, a by-product product of the biodiesel industry. We report here the continuous reaction of solketal with anilines over a solid acid niobium phosphate (NbP), for the continuous generation of quinolines in the the well-established Skraup r...

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Main Authors: Jin, Jing, Guidi, Sandro, Amara, Zacharias, Selva, Maurizio, George, Michael W., Poliakoff, Martyn
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
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author Jin, Jing
Guidi, Sandro
Amara, Zacharias
Selva, Maurizio
George, Michael W.
Poliakoff, Martyn
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Guidi, Sandro
Amara, Zacharias
Selva, Maurizio
George, Michael W.
Poliakoff, Martyn
author_sort Jin, Jing
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description Solketal is derived from the reaction of acetone with glycerol, a by-product product of the biodiesel industry. We report here the continuous reaction of solketal with anilines over a solid acid niobium phosphate (NbP), for the continuous generation of quinolines in the the well-established Skraup reaction. This study shows that NbP can catalyse all stages of this multistep reaction at 250 °C and 10 MPa pressure, with a selectivity for quinoline of up to 60%. We found that the catalyst eventually deactivates, most probably via a combination of coking and reduction processes but nevertheless we show the promise of this approach. We demonstrated here the application of our approach to synthesize both mono- and bis-quinolines from the commodity chemical, 4,4’-methylenedianiline.
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spelling nottingham-441812020-05-04T18:43:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44181/ Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal Jin, Jing Guidi, Sandro Amara, Zacharias Selva, Maurizio George, Michael W. Poliakoff, Martyn Solketal is derived from the reaction of acetone with glycerol, a by-product product of the biodiesel industry. We report here the continuous reaction of solketal with anilines over a solid acid niobium phosphate (NbP), for the continuous generation of quinolines in the the well-established Skraup reaction. This study shows that NbP can catalyse all stages of this multistep reaction at 250 °C and 10 MPa pressure, with a selectivity for quinoline of up to 60%. We found that the catalyst eventually deactivates, most probably via a combination of coking and reduction processes but nevertheless we show the promise of this approach. We demonstrated here the application of our approach to synthesize both mono- and bis-quinolines from the commodity chemical, 4,4’-methylenedianiline. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-04-28 Article PeerReviewed Jin, Jing, Guidi, Sandro, Amara, Zacharias, Selva, Maurizio, George, Michael W. and Poliakoff, Martyn (2017) Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal. Green Chemistry, 19 . pp. 2439-2447. ISSN 1463-9262 Niobium phosphate acid-catalysed quinoline Skraup reaction Indole Continuous http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/GC/C6GC03140D#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/C6GC03140D doi:10.1039/C6GC03140D
spellingShingle Niobium phosphate
acid-catalysed
quinoline
Skraup reaction
Indole
Continuous
Jin, Jing
Guidi, Sandro
Amara, Zacharias
Selva, Maurizio
George, Michael W.
Poliakoff, Martyn
Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title_full Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title_fullStr Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title_full_unstemmed Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title_short Continuous niobium phosphate catalysed Skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
title_sort continuous niobium phosphate catalysed skraup reaction for quinoline synthesis from solketal
topic Niobium phosphate
acid-catalysed
quinoline
Skraup reaction
Indole
Continuous
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44181/