Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process.
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 52 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016