A General, Green Chemistry Approach for Immobilization of Inorganic Catalysts in Monolithic Porous Flow-Reactors

摘要

A general, green chemistry approach is developed for the immobilization of inorganic catalysts in monolithic porous flow-reactors for continuous flow reactions, in which pyrogallol (PG) acts as an assistant layer for the in situ immobilization of various catalysts on the inner pore surface of the flow-reactor. Au nanoparticles (AuNPs), Al2O3, and phosphotungstic acid (HPW) are selected as examples of noble metals, metal oxides, and polyoxometalate (POM) type catalysts, respectively, and the corresponding flow-reactors show high catalytic performance in continuous flow hydro- genation reactions, esterification reactions, and Knoevenagel reactions, respectively. These reactions are important in the treatment of environmental contaminants and in the chemical industry. In addition, multiple monolithic flow-reactors can be assembled together for efficient performance of multi-step cascade reactions.