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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 351, Issue -, Pages 29-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2011.09.006
Keywords
Density functional theory (DFT); Dimethyl carbonate; Methyl carbamate; Methanol
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- State Key Program for Development and Research of China
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Using density functional theory, the reaction mechanism for dimethyl carbonate (DMC) synthesis from methyl carbamate (MC) and methanol (CH(3)OH) with and without catalysts is investigated. And to investigate solvent effects, the reactions are simulated in CH(3)OH solvent by using the conductor like solvent model (COSMO). In our calculation, the uncatalyzed MC methanolysis reaction is kinetically and thermodynamically unfavorable. However, it is obviously catalyzed by acid and base catalysts. By orbital energy calculation, MC methanolysis reaction is considered as the charge-controlled reaction. Thus, electrostatic potential fitted charges as reaction indicator is used to infer the activity of species after catalyst Zn(NH(3))(2)(NCO)(2) initiation. And it is confirmed to be successful in reactivity prediction. The catalytic cycles involved the selected active species are proposed. By calculating activation energies, the catalytically active species is considered to be Zn(NH(3))(2)(NCO)(NHCOOCH(3)), which derives from the reaction of Zn(NH(3))(2)(NCO)(2) with CH(3)OH. The DMC synthesis from the catalytically active species and CH(3)OH is favored, of which the reaction activation energy is effectively decreased. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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