the production of thymoquinone from thymol and carvacrol
the production of thymoquinone from thymol and carvacrol
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such as diethylenetriamine (dien) <strong>and</strong> triethylenetetramine (trien). Adding four -<br />
CH2CO2 - groups to an ethylenediamine framework gives a hexadentate lig<strong>and</strong>, which<br />
can single-h<strong>and</strong>edly satisfy <strong>the</strong> secondary valence <strong>of</strong> a transition-metal ion (Figgis<br />
1966).<br />
Figure 3.4. Typical polydentate lig<strong>and</strong>s<br />
(Source: Keim et al. 2002)<br />
In <strong>the</strong> catalyst syn<strong>the</strong>sis, <strong>the</strong> encapsulation <strong>of</strong> metal complexes into <strong>the</strong> zeolites<br />
method is known as a ship in a bottle procedure. Encapsulation <strong>of</strong> metal complexes is<br />
occurred in <strong>the</strong> super cages <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> zeolite. Ship in a bottle approach involving <strong>the</strong><br />
entrapments <strong>of</strong> a bulky complex in a zeolite cage, has been widely used to immobilize<br />
metal complexes <strong>of</strong> phthalocyanines, porphyrin <strong>and</strong> Shiff’s base type lig<strong>and</strong>s as seen in<br />
Figure 3.5 (Arends et al. 2001).<br />
Lig<strong>and</strong>s bond with transition metal using <strong>the</strong> electron pairs. With this bonding<br />
lig<strong>and</strong> give electrons to <strong>the</strong> transition metal. Electropositive metal ion enters a second<br />
interaction with lig<strong>and</strong> to give accepted electrons <strong>from</strong> lig<strong>and</strong> to lig<strong>and</strong>. With this<br />
interaction metal gives electron <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> bond between <strong>the</strong> metal <strong>and</strong> oxygen weakens.<br />
The weak bond between <strong>the</strong>m causes <strong>the</strong> increasing susceptibility <strong>of</strong> reaction entrance<br />
<strong>of</strong> reactant. That is why transition metal complexes are used as catalysts. Transition<br />
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