Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 21, Issue 16, Pages 1873-1881Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000062
Keywords
Faujasite; infrared spectroscopy; phosphine oxide; P-31 NMR spectroscopy; tri-tert-butylpyridine
Funding
- Honeywell UOP
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We outline two methodologies to selectively characterize the Bronsted acidity of the external surface of FAU-type zeolites by IR and NMR spectroscopy of adsorbed basic probe molecules. The challenge and goal are to develop reliable and quantitative IR and NMR methodologies to investigate the accessibility of acidic sites in the large pore FAU-type zeolite Y and its mesoporous derivatives often referred to as ultra-stable Y (USY). The accessibility of their Bronsted acid sites to probe molecules (n-alkylamines, n-alkylpyridines, n-alkylphosphine- and phenylphosphine-oxides) of different molecular sizes is quantitatively monitored either by IR or(31)P NMR spectroscopy. It is now possible, for the first time to quantitatively discriminate between the Bronsted acidity located in the microporosity and on the external surface of large pore zeolites. For instance, the number of external acid sites on a Y (LZY-64) zeolite represents 2 % of its total acid sites while that of a USY (CBV760) represents 4 % while the latter has a much lower framework Si/Al ratio.
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