High performance of supported Cu-based catalysts modulated via phosphamide coordination in acetylene hydrochlorination

In order to develop a cut-price, high-efficiency non-mercuric catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination reaction, several kinds of supported Cu-based catalysts containing phosphoramide ligands have been synthesized by wet impregnation method. The outstanding catalytic activity was obtained over 15 %Cu10 %HMPA/SAC catalyst with acetylene conversion of 87.25 % in the test conditions of T =180 °C, GHSV(C2H2) =180 h−1 and V(HCl): V(C2H2) = 1.2. The catalyst with optimal HMPA ligand also exhibited splendid stability in 100 h lifetime test. The analysis for XRD, TEM, TGA, ICP, H2-TPR and XPS indicated that HMPA ligand can improve Cu species dispersion, restrain coke deposition, suppress loss of loading Cu, and stabilize valence state of active Cu species. Due to electron transfer mechanism, steady coordination structure between Cu and HMPA led to favorable properties of Cu-based catalyst, which was further proved by FT-IR, Raman spectra, O 1s XPS spectra integrated with DFT calculations.