Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 86-88.

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Oxidative Dehydrogenation of 9,10-Dihydroanthracene Catalyzed by 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone/NaNO2

ZHANG Wei1,2, MA Hong1, ZHOU Lipeng3, MIAO Hong1, XU Jie1*   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China; 2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3 Department of Chemistry, Institute of Catalysis, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
  • Received:2009-02-25 Online:2009-02-25 Published:2012-11-21

Abstract: A catalyst comprising 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) and N aNO2 for 9,10-dihydroanthracene oxidative dehydrogenation showed high catalyt ic effi c iency, with >99% conversion of 9,10-dihydroanthracene and 99% selectivity for anthracene at 120 ℃ and 1.3 MPa O2 for 8 h.

Key words: 3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyano-1, 4-benzoquinone, sodium nitrite, 10-dihydroanthracene, oxidative dehydrogenation