The influence of triphenylphosphine trisulfonate (TPPTS) ligands on the catalytic activity of the supported ionic liquid-phase catalysts for the hydroformylation of ethylene

Van Chuc Nguyen, Van Hung Do, Duc Duc Truong, Thi Tien Pham, Phuc Kien Dinh, Tung Lam Vu, Eduardo J. Garcia-Suarez, Anders Riisager, Rasmus Fehrmann, Minh Thang Le*

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Abstract

Triphenylphosphine trisulfonate (TPPTS) is a common used ligand for homogeneous hydroformylation of olefins with Rh complexes. The synthesis of the TPPTS ligand is a rather complex procedure and it is influenced by several factors. In this work, the influence of pH on the synthesis of the TPPTS ligand was thoroughly studied and a neutralization pH of 5.5–6.5 was optimized for a successful synthesis of TPPTS-Cs3 and TPPTS-Na3 ligands. The catalytic activity of the corresponding Rh-TPPTS supported ionic liquid-phase (SILP) catalysts with SiO2 and TiO2 supports were studied for the continuous, fixed-bed gas-phase hydroformylation of ethylene to propanal. The SILP catalyst with TPPTS-Cs3 on SiO2 support exhibited superior catalytic activity compared to a corresponding catalyst with TPPTS-Na3, while the activity of the latter catalyst was found to be much higher than an analogous catalyst based on TiO2 support. Combined this clearly emphasizing the importance of both ligand and support characteristics in the SILP hydroformylation system.

Original languageEnglish
JournalResearch on Chemical Intermediates
Volume49
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)2383-2398
ISSN0922-6168
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Hydroformylation of ethylene
  • Ionic liquid
  • Supported ionic liquid phase
  • TiO support
  • TPPTS ligand

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