Conversion of Ammonia to Hydrazine Induced by High-Frequency Ultrasound

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Hydrazine is a chemical of utmost importance in our society, either for organic synthesis or energy use. The direct conversion of NH3 to hydrazine is highly appealing, but it remains a very difficult task because the degradation of hydrazine is thermodynamically more feasible than the cleavage of the N-H bond of NH3 . As a result, any catalyst capable of activating NH3 will thus unavoidably decompose N2 H4 . Here we show that cavitation bubbles, created by ultrasonic irradiation of aqueous NH3 at a high frequency, act as microreactors to activate and convert NH3 to NH species, without assistance of any catalyst, yielding hydrazine at the bubble-liquid interface. The compartmentation of in-situ-produced hydrazine in the bulk solution, which is maintained close to 30 °C, advantageously prevents its thermal degradation, a recurrent problem faced by previous technologies. This work also points towards a path to scavenge . OH radicals by adjusting the NH3 concentration.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 60(2021), 48 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 25230-25234

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Humblot, Anaelle [VerfasserIn]
Grimaud, Laurie [VerfasserIn]
Allavena, Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Amaniampong, Prince N [VerfasserIn]
De Oliveira Vigier, Karine [VerfasserIn]
Chave, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Streiff, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Jérôme, François [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ammonia
Cavitation bubbles
Hydrazine
Journal Article
Radicals
Ultrasound

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Date Revised 15.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202109516

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329911864