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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
Volume 307, Issue -, Pages 204-213Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.07.011
Keywords
Deactivation; Coke; Skeletal isomerization; Paraffins; Alkenes; Solid acid; Allylic; Monoenylic; Gas-phase basicity; Acenes
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Funding
- NSF [EPS 0814361, 0923247]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [0923247] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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To identify hydrocarbon surface species accumulating during alkane isomerization, a strategy involving in situ UV-vis and FTIR spectroscopies, reaction of formed species with various bases, adsorption of reference compounds, and extraction of spent catalysts was applied. During conversion of n-butane or n-pentane on H-mordenite at reaction temperatures below approximate to 550 K, species characterized by an intense absorption band at a wavelength of 292-296 nm were observed by in situ diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroscopy. Species with a comparable electronic signature formed after adsorption of 1-butene, 1-pentene, or 1-hexene, indicating that olefins are intermediates in the formation of carbonaceous deposits from alkanes. The chromophore was largely invariant to the carbon chain length and the species were identified as alkyl-substituted cyclopentenyl cations. Carbonaceous deposits formed at temperatures higher than approximate to 550 K consisted of methyl-substituted naphthalenes, anthracenes, and tetracenes; these species also existed as stable cations on the zeolite during catalysis, producing a broad absorption at 350-500 nm. The polycyclic aromatic species were neutralized by water vapor, whereas the alkyl-substituted cyclopentenyl cations required a stronger base, such as ammonia. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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