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Entrapped Single Tungstate Site in Zeolite for Cooperative Catalysis of Olefin Metathesis with Brønsted Acid Site
Industrial
olefin metathesis catalysts generally suffer from low
reaction rates and require harsh reaction conditions for moderate
activities. This is due to their inability to prevent metathesis active
sites (MASs) from aggregation and their intrinsic poor adsorption
and activation of olefin molecules. Here, isolated tungstate species
as single molecular MASs are immobilized inside zeolite pores by Brønsted
acid sites (BASs) on the inner surface. It is demonstrated that unoccupied
BASs in atomic proximity to MASs enhance olefin adsorption and facilitate
the formation of metallocycle intermediates in a stereospecific manner.
Thus, effective cooperative catalysis takes place over the BAS–MAS
pair inside the zeolite cavity. In consequence, for the cross-metathesis
of ethene and <i>trans</i>-2-butene to propene, under mild
reaction conditions, the propene production rate over WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/USY is ca. 7300 times that over the industrial WO<sub>3</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub>-based catalyst. A propene yield up to 79%
(80% selectivity) without observable deactivation was obtained over
WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/USY for a wide range of reaction conditions
PKU-3: An HCl-Inclusive Aluminoborate for Strecker Reaction Solved by Combining RED and PXRD
A novel microporous aluminoborate,
denoted as PKU-3, was prepared by the boric acid flux method. The
structure of PKU-3 was determined by combining the rotation electron
diffraction and synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data with well
resolved ordered Cl<sup>–</sup> ions in the channel. Composition
and crystal structure analysis showed that there are both proton and
chlorine ions in the channels. Part of these protons and chlorine
ions can be washed away by basic solutions to activate the open pores.
The washed PKU-3 can be used as an efficient catalyst in the Strecker
reaction with yields higher than 90%