Issue 41, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Activation of hydrocarbons on acidic zeolites: superior selectivity of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene on weakly acidic catalysts†

Qingjun Zhu,a   Junko N. Kondo,a   Tooru Setoyama,b   Masashi Yamaguchi,b   Kazunari Domenc  and  Takashi Tatsumi*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
E-mail: ttatsumi@cat.res.titech.ac.jp
Fax: +81-45-9245282

b Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Science and Technology Research Center, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan

c Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

The study of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene over MFI zeolites with different heteroatoms has found that an efficient catalyst with weak acidities prevented the side reactions related with the formation of ethene oligomers from occurring, as evidenced by in situIR spectroscopy, leading to superior propene selectivity in the product distribution.

Graphical abstract: Activation of hydrocarbons on acidic zeolites: superior selectivity of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene on weakly acidic catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B809718F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jun 2008
Accepted
22 Jul 2008
First published
10 Sep 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 5164-5166

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Activation of hydrocarbons on acidic zeolites: superior selectivity of methylation of ethene with methanol to propene on weakly acidic catalysts

Q. Zhu, J. N. Kondo, T. Setoyama, M. Yamaguchi, K. Domen and T. Tatsumi, Chem. Commun., 2008, 5164 DOI: 10.1039/B809718F

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