Vinyl chloride monomer production catalysed by gold: A review

作     者：Catherine J.Davies Peter J.Miedziak Gemma L.Brett Graham J.Hutchings Catherine J.Davies;Peter J.Miedziak;Gemma L.Brett;Graham J.Hutchings

作者机构：卡迪夫大学 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Catalysis》 (催化学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第37卷第10期

页      面：1600-1607页

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学科分类：081702[工学-化学工艺] 081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

主　　题：Gold Acetylene Hydrochlorination Vinyl chloride monomer Poly vinyl chloride Catalysis 

摘      要：In this review we discuss the history of research into the use of gold for the acetylene hydrochlorin‐ation reaction, and describe the recent developments which have led to its commercialisation. We discuss the use of different precursors and the addition to gold of a secondary metal as methods which attempt to improve these catalysts, and consider the nature of the active gold species. The vast majority of poly vinyl chloride （PVC） produced globally still uses a mercuric chloride as a cata‐lyst, despite the environmental problems associated with it. Due to the agreement by the Chinese government to remove mercury usage in the PVC industry over the course of the next few years there is an obvious need to find a replacement catalyst;the potential use of gold for this process has been well known for several decades and to date gold seems to be the best candidate for this, pri‐marily due to its superior selectivity when compared to other metals.