Synthetical applications of activated metal catalysts. XXIII. The desulphurization of thianthren

1964 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 366 ◽  
Author(s):  
GM Badger ◽  
P Cheuychit ◽  
WHF Sasse

��� The desulphurization of thianthren with a degassed (hydrogen-poor) Raney nickel has been shown to give benzene, biphenyl, dibenzothiophen, and a little triphenylene. Chromatography on a column of Raney cobalt has been used to separate a mixture of biphenyl and dibenzothiophen. The results have been discussed with reference to two radical intermediates (III and V, or VI).

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1897 ◽  
Author(s):  
WHF Sasse ◽  
KO Wade

Tetraphenylsilane and 11 related compounds have been cleaved by treatment at atmospheric pressure with Raney nickel catalysts to give mixtures of benzene and cyclohexane. Yields exceeding 90% are obtained with degassed Raney nickel and silanes. Silanols and siloxanes are less readily spilt. The presence of methanol in the reaction mixtures retards the fission of silicon-phenyl bonds. Tetracyclo-hexylsilane, cyclohexyltrimethylsilane, and hexa(n-hexyl)disiloxane did not react detectably with Raney nickel. Raney cobalt had no effect on tetraphenylsilane. A mechanism for the new reaction is discussed which involves chemisorption via the silicon atom, ejection of a phenyl anion, and hydrogenolysis of the absorbed triphenylsilyl species.


1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
WHF Sasse ◽  
CP Whittle

The efficiency of W7 Raney nickel catalysts degassed between 30 and 400�C in the preparation of 2,2'-bipyridyl has been examined. The highest activities are observed with catalysts which have been degassed at 200�C, and these catalysts arc up to 20% more efficient than catalysts previously used and degassed at 100�C. The results obtained are compared with published data concerning the hydrogen contents of degassed Raney nickel catalysts (Kokes and Emmett 1959, 1960). This shows that catalysts which are virtually free of hydrogen are only 25% less efficient than catalysts degassed at l00�C (containing 65 to 70% of their original hydrogen). Because of this finding a new mechanism is proposed in which the adsorbed pyridine is activated by the transfer of an electron from the catalyst. On stereochemical grounds it is proposed that meso-2,2'-dihydro-2,2'-bipyridyl with axially disposed hydrogen atoms at the 2,2'-positions and bonded via both nitrogen atoms to one nickel atom is the energetically most favoured intermediate.


1984 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sane ◽  
J.M. Bonnier ◽  
J.P. Damon ◽  
J. Masson

1964 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
GM Badger ◽  
P Cheuychit ◽  
WHF Sasse

The desulphurization of 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-dithiin (II) with a hydrogen-poor Raney nickel (W-7J Raney nickel) has been shown to give 2,4-diphenylthiophen together with three hydrocarbons, viz. cis- and trans-1,3-diphenylbuta-1,3-diene, and 1,3-diphenylcyclobut-1-ene. In another experiment with a Raney nickel having a higher hydrogen content, the hydrocarbon fraction was found to be 1,3-diphenylbut-2- ene. It has been concluded that chemisorption via one sulphur atom leads to 2,4-diphenylthiophen, but that chemisorption via both sulphur atoms leads to the intermediate diradicals (VI) which subsequently react further to give the observed hydrocarbon products.


1991 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nishimura ◽  
M. Kawashima ◽  
S. Inoue ◽  
S. Takeoka ◽  
M. Shimizu ◽  
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