Phase Transfer Ceria-Supported Nanocatalyst for Nitrile Hydration Reaction

Nikitra N Gupta; Amrin S Punekar; Karthik Raja E K Raj; Medha M Ghodekar; Vipul S Patil; Chinnakonda S Gopinath; Thirumalaiswamy Raja

doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b02173

Phase Transfer Ceria-Supported Nanocatalyst for Nitrile Hydration Reaction

ACS Omega. 2019 Sep 19;4(14):16037-16044. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02173. eCollection 2019 Oct 1.

Authors

Nikitra N Gupta¹, Amrin S Punekar¹, Karthik Raja E K Raj¹, Medha M Ghodekar¹, Vipul S Patil¹, Chinnakonda S Gopinath¹, Thirumalaiswamy Raja¹

Affiliation

¹ Catalysis & Inorganic Chemistry Division and Centre for Material Characterization, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India.

Abstract

The present study elaborates the catalytic effect of rare-earth metal oxides (Sm₂O₃ and La₂O₃) over ceria as a support phase transfer catalyst. The synthesized catalysts have been subjected to different characterization techniques, such as field-emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, N₂ adsorption-desorption (BET surface analysis), temperature-programmed desorption study (NH₃/CO₂-TPD), Fourier transform infrared, Raman analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to get better insights into the catalytic activity of the catalysts for hydration of nitrile.