Issue 14, 2016

Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

Abstract

Neutron scattering methods observed complete room temperature conversion of methanol to framework methoxy in a commercial sample of methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) catalyst H-ZSM-5, evidenced by methanol immobility and vibrational spectra matched by ab initio calculations. No methoxylation was observed in a commercial HY sample, attributed to the dealumination involved in high silica HY synthesis.

Graphical abstract: Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 okt 2015
Accepted
07 dec 2015
First published
08 dec 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 2897-2900

Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

A. J. O'Malley, S. F. Parker, A. Chutia, M. R. Farrow, I. P. Silverwood, V. García-Sakai and C. R. A. Catlow, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 2897 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC08956E

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