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Effect of metal oxide contents on the structure and performance of spray-dried CrVO4/SiO2 catalysts for the ammoxidation of chlorotoluenes

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This work aims at develo** a customized ammoxidation catalyst through optimizing the metal oxide content in CrVO4/SiO2 catalysts. Various amounts of Cr–V–O with 1:1 molar ratio of Cr/V were successfully loaded on SiO2 via spray-drying method with colloidal silica as the binder. Polarized light microscope illustrated that the CrVO4/SiO2 particles presented as well dispersed microspheres in the microsize (20–80 μm). X-ray diffraction spectra confirmed the formation of monoclinic CrVO4 phase wherein the metal oxide content was ranged from 30 to 70 weight percent. FT-IR spectra indicated that the introduction of metal oxide had no obvious effects on the skeletal structure of SiO2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis revealed that the valence state of V and Cr was hardly affected with increasing the metal oxide content. Performances of the obtained CrVO4/SiO2 catalysts with different metal oxide contents were investigated via the ammoxidation of a model compound, namely para-chlorotoluene (PCT) to para-chlorobenzonitrile (PCBN). A maximum conversion of 99.6% of PCT and 86.5% yield and 86.8% selectivity to PCBN have been obtained over the CrVO4/SiO2 catalyst with 60% weight of metal oxides at a temperature of 410 °C, n(PCT):n(NH3):n(air) = 1:3:15 and reaction load = 0.13 g/gCat·h. In addition, this catalyst was efficient and selective toward ammoxidation reactions of toluene, ortho- and meta-chlorotoluenes.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21172269), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, South-Central Minzu University (Grant No. CZY22010), the Major bidding projects of provincial and ministerial scientific institutions, South-Central Minzu University (Grant No. PTZD22007), and the Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, Jianghan University (Grant No. JDGD-202220).

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    Jiale Tong, Yeyin Huang, Wanjun Tang & Guangyong **e

  2. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Jiale Tong and Y. Huang. The first draft of the manuscript was written and revised by W. Tang. The manuscript was revised by Q. You, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. G. **e did project administration, supervised the work, revised, and completed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Tong, J., Huang, Y., Tang, W. et al. Effect of metal oxide contents on the structure and performance of spray-dried CrVO4/SiO2 catalysts for the ammoxidation of chlorotoluenes. Res Chem Intermed (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-024-05336-z

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