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Green photocatalytic synthesis of vitamin B-3 by Pt, loaded TiO2 photocatalysts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Selective photocatalytic oxidation of 3-pyridinemethanol to 3-pyridinemethanal and vitamin B-3 by using pristine and Pt loaded home prepared (HP) rutile and commercial TiO2 photocatalysts, under UV, UV-vis and visible irradiations in water, was performed in friendly environmental conditions. The photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM-EDAX, BET, DRS, XPS and TGA techniques. The influence of pH on reactivity and total selectivity to 3-pyridinemethanal and vitamin B3 was studied. Under very acidic conditions (pH = 2) no or low activity (depending on photocatalyst) was observed, whereas by increasing the pH from 4 to 12 very high total selectivity was achieved. The Pt loading was beneficial for selectivity whereas the reactivity was positively affected only for crystalline HP sample. This last sample showed good activity under visible irradiation, exhibing an about 4 times higher conversion than the other samples. The influence of the position of the benzylic group in pyridine (2-pyridinemethanol and 4-pyridinemethanol) was also studied. The results showed that to synthesize vitamin B3 in green conditions the photocatalyst should be poorly crystalline or Pt loaded. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Process Chemistry and Technology
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Catalysis
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Magazine
Rutile
law
Pyridine
Photocatalysis
Reactivity (chemistry)
Irradiation
0210 nano-technology
Selectivity
General Environmental Science
Nuclear chemistry
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6bfe1a1c1daffd8c80c19f0e2bed27d0