Molecular views on mechanisms of Brønsted acid-catalyzed reactions in zeolites

C Chizallet, C Bouchy, K Larmier… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Brønsted acidity of proton-exchanged zeolites has historically led to the most impactful
applications of these materials in heterogeneous catalysis, mainly in the fields of …

Propane aromatization over HZSM‐5 and Ga/HZSM‐5 catalysts

A Bhan, W Nicholas Delgass - Catalysis Reviews, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The selective transformation of light alkanes to aromatics that are more valuable and
versatile feedstocks for the chemical industry is one of the major challenges of catalytic …

The catalytic diversity of zeolites: confinement and solvation effects within voids of molecular dimensions

R Gounder, E Iglesia - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability of molecular sieves to control the access and egress of certain reactants and
products and to preferentially contain certain transition states while excluding others based …

Ordered hydrogen-bonded alcohol networks confined in Lewis acid zeolites accelerate transfer hydrogenation turnover rates

JR Di Iorio, BA Johnson… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The disruption of ordered water molecules confined within hydrophobic reaction pockets
alters the energetics of adsorption and catalysis, but a mechanistic understanding of how …

Catalytic consequences of spatial constraints and acid site location for monomolecular alkane activation on zeolites

R Gounder, E Iglesia - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 - ACS Publications
The location of Brønsted acid sites within zeolite channels strongly influences reactivity
because of the extent to which spatial constraints determine the stability of reactants and of …

The roles of entropy and enthalpy in stabilizing ion-pairs at transition states in zeolite acid catalysis

R Gounder, E Iglesia - Accounts of chemical research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Acidic zeolites are indispensable catalysts in the petrochemical industry because they select
reactants and their chemical pathways based on size and shape. Voids of molecular …

What do we know about the acidity of solid acids?

RJ Gorte - Catalysis Letters, 1999 - Springer
With a proper understanding of the nature of solid acidity, zeolites and other solid acids have
great potential for replacing homogeneous acids in a wide range of catalytic applications …

Cold-Start NOx Mitigation by Passive Adsorption Using Pd-Exchanged Zeolites: From Material Design to Mechanism Understanding and System Integration

Y Li, D Chen, X Xu, X Wang, R Kang, M Fu… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It remains a major challenge to abate efficiently the harmful nitrogen oxides (NO x) in low-
temperature diesel exhausts emitted during the cold-start period of engine operation …

Molecular simulation of adsorption: Gibbs dividing surface and comparison with experiment

O Talu, AL Myers - AIChE journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
At low temperature near the normal boiling point, computer simulations of adsorption of
gases can be compared directly with experiment. However, for adsorptive gas separations in …

Semi-industrial-scale silicalite-1 membranes for n-butane/methane separation

G Dang, H Wu, Z Bai, J Zhou, Y **e, B Liu… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The semi-industrial-scale tubular silicalite-1 membranes with a thickness of 8.4–8.9 µm were
prepared and used for the separation of n-butane/methane mixture for the first time. The …