PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF POLYMER SUPPORTED ETHYLENEDIAMINE AND GLYCINE COBALT COMPLEXES

Polymer-supported ethylenediamine cobalt chloride and glycine cobalt chloride have been prepared with 2, 5, and 10% divinylbenzene styrene copolymer macroporous beads by sequential attachment of the bifunctional ligand followed by treatment of metal salt with the functionalized polymer beads. Physicochemical properties like moisture content, bulk density, swelling, and thermal stability of the supported catalysts have been studied. Probable structures have been proposed based on spectroscopic data obtained from electronic, infrared, far-infrared, and in some cases ESCA. Catalytic activity has been tested for hydrogenation of 1-octene and decomposition of hydrogen peroxide as model reactions.