Sewage sludge as a precursor of adsorbents/catalysts for environmental applications

This paper focuses on the valorisation of solid residues obtained from the thermal treatment of sewage sludge. In particular, sewage sludge samples were collected from two waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) with different sludge line basic operations. After drying, sludges were heated up to 700 °C in appropriate ovens under diluted air (gasification) and inert (pyrolysis) atmospheres. The solids obtained, as well as the dried (raw) sludges, were characterised to determine their textural properties and chemical composition, including the speciation of their inorganic fraction. All the materials under study were employed as adsorbents/catalysts in H2S removal experiments at room temperature. It was found that, depending on the particular sludge characteristics, outstanding results can be achieved both in terms of retention capacities and selectivity. Some of the solids outperform commercially available sorbents specially designed for gaseous emissions control. In these adsorbents/catalysts, H2S is selectively oxidised to elemental sulphur most likely due to the presence of inorganic, catalytically active species. The role of the carbon-enriched part on these solids is also remarked.

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Hydrosilylation of alkenes and ketones catalyzed by nickel(II) indenyl complexes

Canadian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1139/v03-133 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 81 (11) ◽

pp. 1299-1306 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Frédéric-Georges Fontaine ◽

René-Viet Nguyen ◽

Davit Zargarian

Keyword(s):

Reaction Mechanism ◽

Key Words ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Active Species ◽

The Other ◽

Silyl Ethers ◽

Cationic Species ◽

Catalytically Active ◽

High Yields ◽

Indenyl Complexes

Abstraction of Cl from the complexes (indenyl)Ni(PPh3)Cl generates cationic species that are effective precatalysts for the hydrosilylation of some olefins and ketones. For instance, the mixture of (1-Me-indenyl)Ni(PPh3)Cl and NaBPh4 (or methylaluminoxane) reacts at room temperature with ca. 100 equiv. each of PhSiH3 and styrene to produce [1-phenyl-1-ethyl](phenyl)silane, PhCH(CH3)(SiPhH2), in 50%80% yield. The same system can also catalyze the hydrosilylation of 1-hexene and norbornene, but the products arising from these substrates consist of mixtures of regio- and stereoisomers. On the other hand, ketone hydrosilylation is regiospecific, giving the corresponding silyl ethers in high yields. A number of experimental observations have indicated that the initially generated Ni-based cation is not the catalytically active species. Indeed, the cationic initiators may be replaced by LiAlH4 or AlMe3, which generate the corresponding Ni-H or Ni-Me derivatives, respectively. Moreover, the observed regioselectivity for the addition of PhSiH3 to styrene (i.e., predominant addition of the silyl fragment to the α-C) is opposite of what would be expected if the reaction mechanism involved carbocationic intermediates. A new mechanism is proposed in which the active species is a Ni-H species originating from the transfer of H from PhSiH3 to the initially generated Ni cation. Key words: hydrosilylation, nickel indenyl complexes, cationic complexes, hydride intermediates.

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An ESR study of irradiated mixtures of hydrogen peroxide and Cu(II) complexes at 77 K

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19883080 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 53 (12) ◽

pp. 3080-3088 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pavel Stopka

Keyword(s):

Hydrogen Peroxide ◽

High Pressure ◽

Catalytic Activity ◽

Oxalic Acid ◽

Hydroxyl Radicals ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Active Species ◽

Mercury Lamp ◽

Catalytically Active ◽

High Concentrations

When aqueous solutions containing hydrogen peroxide and CuSO4 are irradiated by a high-pressure mercury lamp at room temperature and at 77 K, hydrogen peroxide decomposes and hydroxyl radicals generated in high concentrations coordinate to CuSO4. The catalytic activity of Cu(II), which depends on the choice of the ligand (triene, diene, ethylenediamine, ammonia, EDTA, oxalic acid and glycerine) and the proportion between the monomeric and dimeric forms of the Cu(II) complex, shows a maximum at a concentration of 10-4 mol dm-3. The catalytically active species is the monomeric Cu(II) complex, the dimer being inactive.

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Vitamin B12-catalyzed synthesis of some peracetylated alkyl β-D-xylopyranosides

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society ◽

10.2298/jsc0310719p ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 68 (10) ◽

pp. 719-722 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zorica Petrovic ◽

Dejan Andjelkovic ◽

Ljiljana Stevanovic

Keyword(s):

Vitamin B12 ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Chemical Reduction ◽

Reductive Elimination ◽

Active Species ◽

Catalytically Active ◽

Glycosylation Reaction ◽

Moderate Yield

The vitamin B12-catalyzed glycosylation reaction of brominated ?-D-xylose peracetate with alkanols ROH (C1-C8) has been studied. The catalytically active species in this reaction was cob(I)alamin, obtained by chemical reduction of Vitamin B12 with NaBH4 (Co(III) to Co(I)). The reaction was carried out with 2 mol% of vitamin B12, with respect to xylosyl bromide 1 under argon at room temperature. Under these conditions, peracetylated C1-C8-alkyl ?-D-xylopyranosides (3a?3f) were obtained in moderate yield (55?70 %). In all cases 3,4-di-O-acetyl-D-xylal (4) was obtained, as the product of reductive elimination of peracetylated xylosyl bromide (15?25 %).

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The key role of R–NHC coupling (R = C, H, heteroatom) and M–NHC bond cleavage in the evolution of M/NHC complexes and formation of catalytically active species

Chemical Science ◽

10.1039/d0sc02629h ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (27) ◽

pp. 6957-6977 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Victor M. Chernyshev ◽

Ekaterina A. Denisova ◽

Dmitry B. Eremin ◽

Valentine P. Ananikov

Keyword(s):

Bond Cleavage ◽

Active Species ◽

Catalytic Systems ◽

Catalytically Active

Main types of the M–NHC bond transformations and their impact on activity and stability of M/NHC catalytic systems are considered.

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Clustering-Triggered Efficient Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Nonconventional Luminophores

10.26434/chemrxiv.9959132 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Shuyuan Zheng ◽

Taiping Hu ◽

Xin Bin ◽

Yunzhong Wang ◽

Yuanping Yi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Room Temperature ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Spin Orbit Coupling ◽

Design Rationale ◽

Emission Mechanism ◽

Room Temperature Phosphorescence ◽

Electronic Interactions ◽

Energy Gaps ◽

Theoretical Results

Pure organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) and luminescence from nonconventional luminophores have gained increasing attention. However, it remains challenging to achieve efficient RTP from unorthodox luminophores, on account of the unsophisticated understanding of the emission mechanism. Here we propose a strategy to realize efficient RTP in nonconventional luminophores through incorporation of lone pairs together with clustering and effective electronic interactions. The former promotes spin-orbit coupling and boost the consequent intersystem crossing, whereas the latter narrows energy gaps and stabilizes the triplets, thus synergistically affording remarkable RTP. Experimental and theoretical results of urea and its derivatives verify the design rationale. Remarkably, RTP from thiourea solids with unprecedentedly high efficiency of up to 24.5% is obtained. Further control experiments testify the crucial role of through-space delocalization on the emission. These results would spur the future fabrication of nonconventional phosphors, and moreover should advance understanding of the underlying emission mechanism.<br>

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