Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Probing zeolites by vibrational spectroscopies

S Bordiga, C Lamberti, F Bonino, A Travert… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review addresses the most relevant aspects of vibrational spectroscopies (IR, Raman
and INS) applied to zeolites and zeotype materials. Surface Brønsted and Lewis acidity and …

Aromatics production via methanol-mediated transformation routes

T Li, T Shoinkhorova, J Gascon, J Ruiz-Martinez - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The methanol-to-aromatics (MTA) process is regarded as a promising route to produce
aromatic commodities through non-petroleum carbon resources, such as biomass, waste …

Influence of preparation method on the performance of Zn-containing HZSM-5 catalysts in methanol-to-aromatics

X Niu, J Gao, Q Miao, M Dong, G Wang, W Fan… - Microporous and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Zn-containing HZSM-5 zeolites (Zn/ZSM-5) were prepared by four methods
including impregnation (IM), ion exchange (IE), physical mixing with ZnO (PM), and direct …

Hydroamination: direct addition of amines to alkenes and alkynes

TE Muller, KC Hultzsch, M Yus, F Foubelo… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-containing compounds, such as amines, enamines, and imines, are valuable and
commercially important bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. 1 Among …

Titration and quantification of open and closed Lewis acid sites in Sn-Beta zeolites that catalyze glucose isomerization

JW Harris, MJ Cordon, JR Di Iorio, JC Vega-Vila… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methods to quantify framework Lewis acidic Sn 4+ sites in zeolite Beta (Sn-Beta) with four
Lewis base titrants (pyridine, deuterated acetonitrile, n-propylamine, ammonia) were …

Identification and characterization of surface hydroxyl groups by infrared spectroscopy

K Hadjiivanov - Advances in Catalysis, 2014 - Elsevier
Surface hydroxyl groups are active centers in many catalytic reactions and can play an
important role during catalyst preparation. In this chapter, the application of infrared …

Comprehensive IR study on acid/base properties of metal oxides

M Tamura, K Shimizu, A Satsuma - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012 - Elsevier
Acid/base properties (type, strength, number) of a wide range of metal oxides were studied
by IR (infra-red) spectroscopy. Ammonia, pyridine and CD3CN were used as probe …

Different Efficiency of Zn2+ and ZnO Species for Methane Activation on Zn-Modified Zeolite

AA Gabrienko, SS Arzumanov, AV Toktarev… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Understanding methane activation pathways on Zn-modified high-silica zeolites (ZSM-5,
BEA) is of particular importance because of the possibility of methane involvement in …

Catalytic conversion of ethane to valuable products through non-oxidative dehydrogenation and dehydroaromatization

H Saito, Y Sekine - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical utilization of ethane to produce valuable chemicals has become especially
attractive since the expanded utilization of shale gas in the United States and associated …