LI Ying, LIU Xiaohong, AN Hualiang, et al. Preparation of Ni/La-Al2O3 and its catalytic performance for one-pot sequential synthesis of 2-ethylhexanol from n-butyraldehyde[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (4): 1381-1389. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20161014.
LI Ying, LIU Xiaohong, AN Hualiang, et al. Preparation of Ni/La-Al2O3 and its catalytic performance for one-pot sequential synthesis of 2-ethylhexanol from n-butyraldehyde[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (4): 1381-1389. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20161014.DOI:
is commercially produced by the following three steps:propylene hydroformylation to n-butyraldehyde
n-butyraldehyde self-condensation to 2-ethyl-2-hexenal (2E2H)
and 2E2H hydrogenation to 2EHO. One-pot synthesis of 2EHO was studied by sequential n-butyraldehyde aldol condensation and hydrogenation reaction with synthesized Ni/La-Al2O3 catalyst. The investigation of preparation conditions of Ni/La-Al2O3 on its catalytic performance showed that most suitable preparation condition for Ni/La-Al2O3 was Ni loading of 25% (mass)
after immersion at Ni(NO3)2 and aging
then 4 h at calcination temperature of 500℃
and finally 3 h at reduction temperature of 550℃. Under the optimal reaction conditions
the catalyst could achieve 100% n-butyraldehyde conversion and 67.0% yield of 2EHO. Combined with results of XRD and SEM analyses
γ-Al2O3 hydration was one of the main reasons for the deactivation of Ni/La-Al2O3.