New cleaner catalysts for haloamines
Mark Keane and co-workers have identified the intermediates in beta-Mo nitride synthesis and report the first application of this nitride in the catalytic hydrogenation of nitroarenes.
The selective hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene (p-CNB) to p-chloroaniline (p-CAN) has been used as a model reaction.
The authors hope that their findings may serve as the basis for the development of Mo2N materials as new catalysts for the cleaner production of commercially important aromatic amines with multiple applications in the fine chemical industry.
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Beta-Molybdenum nitride: synthesis mechanism and catalytic response in the gas phase hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene
Fernando Cárdenas-Lizana, Santiago Gómez-Quero, Noémie Perret, Lioubov Kiwi-Minsker and Mark A. Keane
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, Advance Article
