Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 192, Issue 1, Pages 189-196Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.02.035
Keywords
Bronsted acid; Tantalum acid; High temperature calcination; Friedel-Crafts alkylation; alpha-Pinene isomerization
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [23360355, 21760627]
- Iwatani Naoji Foundation [09-011]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21760627, 23360355] Funding Source: KAKEN
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An alumina-supported tantalum oxide (Ta2O5/Al2O3) calcined at 1223 K promoted both Friedel-Crafts alkylation of anisole with benzyl alcohol and isomerization of alpha-pinene, and exhibited Bronsted acidity despite the high temperature calcination. Among the Ta2O5/Al2O3 catalysts tested, 33 wt% Ta2O5/Al2O3 calcined at 1223 K showed the highest activity. A monolayer of tantalum acid-like compound, which has distorted octahedral symmetry, was stabilized over 33 wt% Ta2O5/Al2O3 catalyst calcined at 1223 K. The two-dimensional Ta-O-Ta network of stabilized tantalum acid-like compound probably accounts for the generation of Bronsted acid. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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