Santhosh K. Matam, Russell F. Howe, Adam Thetford and C. Richard A. Catlow
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 12875-12878
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC07444E,
Communication
Open Access Learn more..At high loading, methanol reacts under ambient conditions with acidic hydroxyls of H-ZSM-5 to methoxylate framework oxygen; while a significant proportion remains hydrogen bonded to the framework with a protonated geometry. The findings not only explain the data which have been published so far, but also pave a way forward for potential unravelling of the initial reaction steps in the relevant chemical processes.
