Oxidation of 1,4-dioxane over Ti-MWW in the presence of H2O2
Oxidation of 1,4-dioxane over Ti-MWW in the presence of H2O2
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DOI:
10.1002/cssc.200700003
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
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影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Tatsumi, Takashi
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作者:
Fan, Weibin;Kubota, Yoshihiro;Tatsumi, Takashi
1, 4-Dioxane is an important chemical used for the synthesis of dyes, oils, paints, pesticides, and plastics.[1, 2] It is also a common by-product of some chemical processes. 1, 4-Dioxane displays infinite solubility in water; however, it is probably a carcinogen and hence classified as a hazardous compound and a priority pollutant.[1–5] If not removed from industrial waste water, it would contaminate groundwater and drinking water. Indeed, it has been detected in the surface and groundwater in the USA and Japan.[6] While biopurification of water is generally used and quite effective, biodegradation of 1, 4-dioxane is almost impossible. It is also poorly adsorbed onto active carbon. Air stripping is not feasible, either, as a result of its considerably low vapor pressure (with a Henry’s law constant of 9.5 10À6 atm m3 molÀ1 at 298 K). Nevertheless, modification of the chemical structure by means of redox reactions could significantly enhance its biodegradability. Although some metal cations such as Fe2+ and Co2+ could catalyze the oxidation of ethers by H2O2, and even molecular oxygen, a homogeneous catalytic system would lead to the difficult recovery of the catalyst and possibly pollution of the environment. In this context, we attempted to oxidize this material over titanosilicates as they are highly active heterogeneous catalysts for the oxidation of a variety of organic substrates.[7–10] Herein, it is shown that relative to the titanosilicates TS-1 and Ti-Beta, Ti-MWW exhibits high activity for the oxidation of 1, 4-dioxane in aqueous H2O2 solution.X-ray diffraction measurements confirmed that all the as-synthesized titanosilicates are pure crystalline phases with high crystallinity. Diffuse reflectance UV/Vis spectroscopy revealed a sole band at about 210 nm for the Ti-MWW and TS-1 catalysts, confirming that all Ti species have a tetrahedral coordination state. For Ti-Beta, a shoulder band around 240 nm was also present besides a band at 215 nm, confirming that there are some tetrahedral-to-octahedral Ti species as well as tetrahedrally coordinated species. This is in agreement with reported results.[7–9] The incorporation of Ti in the framework was further corroborated by IR spectroscopy, with an intense peak around 960 cmÀ1 observed for all the samples. Note that an additional peak centered at 930 cmÀ1 was also present in the Ti-MWW