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Highly efficient selective hydrogenation of isophthalonitrile to M-xylenedimethylamine over Co–CaO/g-C3N4 without alkaline additives

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Co–xCaO/g-C3N4 catalysts were prepared using incipient wetness impregnation method and applied in isophthalonitrile hydrogenation to M-xylenedimethylamine. The characterization results and experimental data indicate that introduction of CaO crates large number of basic sites and leads to electron rich Co, hence inhibits the side reaction and improves the selectivity to M-xylenedimethylamine. 10Co–2CaO/g-C3N4 gives the best catalytic performance of 100% conversion of isophthalonitrile and 95% selectivity to M-xylenedimethylamine without any alkaline additives in the reacion system. This work is valuable for the design and preparation of hydrogenation catalysts with rich basic sites and provides a green process for nitrile compounds to amine.

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This work is supported by NSFC (22078277), Collaborative Innovation Center of New Chemical Technologies for Environmental Benignity and Efficient Resource Utilization, and Environment-friendly Chemical Process Integration Technology Hunan Province Key laboratory.

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Hang Gao, Yuqin Zhu, He’an Luo, Yang Lv & Pingle Liu

  2. Engineering Research Centre for Chemical Process Simulation and Optimization of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    He’an Luo, Yang Lv & Pingle Liu

  3. National & Local United Engineering Research Centre for Chemical Process Simulation and Intensification, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    He’an Luo, Yang Lv & Pingle Liu

  4. Postdoctoral Research Workstation, Anhui Huaxing Chemical Co., LTD., Maanshan, 243000, China

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Hang Gao: Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Formal analysis, Data curation, Visualization. Yuqin Zhu: Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Formal analysis, Data curation, Visualization. Hean Luo: Resources, Supervision, Project administration. Yang Lv: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Data curation, Writing—review and editing, Investigation, Supervision, Resources, Visualization, Funding acquisition. Pingle Liu: Resources, Supervision, Writing—review and editing, Project administration, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition.

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Gao, H., Zhu, Y., Luo, H. et al. Highly efficient selective hydrogenation of isophthalonitrile to M-xylenedimethylamine over Co–CaO/g-C3N4 without alkaline additives. Reac Kinet Mech Cat (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-024-02628-8

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