文摘
Gas-phase photocatalysis of 1,4-dichlorobut-2-enes and3,4-dichlorobut-1-ene (DCB) has been studied using TiO2 and3%WO3/TiO2 supported on SiO2. DCB was found tooxidize efficiently over these catalysts; however, only lowrates of CO2 formation were observed. With thesechlorinated hydrocarbons, the catalysts were found todeactivate over time, probably via the formation of aldolcondensation products of chloroacetaldehyde, which is thepredominant intermediate observed. The variation in rateand selectivity of the oxidation reactions with O2 concentrationis reported and a mechanism is proposed. Using isotoperatio mass spectrometry, the initial step for the DCB removalhas been shown not to be a carbon bond cleavage butis likely to be hydroxyl radical addition to the carbon-carbon double bond.