25148-01-0Relevant articles and documents
Experimental Evidence on the Formation of Ethene through Carbocations in Methanol Conversion over H-ZSM-5 Zeolite
Wang, Chao,Yi, Xianfeng,Xu, Jun,Qi, Guodong,Gao, Pan,Wang, Weiyu,Chu, Yueying,Wang, Qiang,Feng, Ningdong,Liu, Xiaolong,Zheng, Anmin,Deng, Feng
, p. 12061 - 12068 (2015)
The methanol to olefins conversion over zeolite catalysts is a commercialized process to produce light olefins like ethene and propene but its mechanism is not well understood. We herein investigated the formation of ethene in the methanol to olefins reaction over the H-ZSM-5 zeolite. Three types of ethylcyclopentenyl carbocations, that is, the 1-methyl-3-ethylcyclopentenyl, the 1,4-dimethyl-3-ethylcyclopentenyl, and the 1,5-dimethyl-3-ethylcyclopentenyl cation were unambiguously identified under working conditions by both solid-state and liquid-state NMR spectroscopy as well as GC-MS analysis. These carbocations were found to be well correlated to ethene and lower methylbenzenes (xylene and trimethylbenzene). An aromatics-based paring route provides rationale for the transformation of lower methylbenzenes to ethene through ethylcyclopentenyl cations as the key hydrocarbon-pool intermediates. Carbocation key: Three types of ethylcyclopentyl carbocations were identified under working conditions. The mechanistic link between ethene and these cations was established. An aromatic-based paring route provides rationale for the transformation of lower methylbenzenes to ethene through these cations.
Methylbenzene hydrocarbon pool in methanol-to-olefins conversion over zeolite H-ZSM-5
Wang, Chao,Xu, Jun,Qi, Guodong,Gong, Yanjun,Wang, Weiyu,Gao, Pan,Wang, Qiang,Feng, Ningdong,Liu, Xiaolong,Deng, Feng
, p. 127 - 137 (2015/11/09)
The formation and reactivity of a methylbenzenes (MBs) hydrocarbon pool in the induction period of the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction over zeolite H-ZSM-5 was investigated and the mechanistic link of MBs to ethene and propene was revealed. Time evolution analysis of the formed MBs and 12C/13C methanol-switching experiments indicate that in the induction period bulkier compounds such as tetraMB and pentaMB have higher reactivity than their lighter counterparts such as p/m-diMB and triMB. By correlating the distribution of MBs trapped on H-ZSM-5 with ethene and propene, we found that tetraMB and pentaMB favor the formation of propene, while p/m-diMB and triMB mainly contribute to the formation of ethene. On the basis of this relationship, the olefin (ethene and propene) selectivity can be controlled by regulating the distribution of trapped MBs by varying the silicon-to-aluminum ratio of ZSM-5, reaction temperature, and space velocity. The reactivity of MBs and the correlation of MBs with olefins were also verified under steady-state conditions. By observation of key cyclopentenyl and pentamethylbenzenium cation intermediates using in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy, a paring mechanism was proposed to link MBs with ethene and propene. P/M-diMB and triMB produce ethylcyclopentenyl cations followed by splitting off of ethene, while tetraMB and pentaMB generate propyl-attached intermediates, which eventually produce propene. This work provides new insight into the MBs hydrocarbon pool in MTO chemistry.
