کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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39943 | 45840 | 2014 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Anatase is very active for selective transformation of α-limonene to p-cymene.
• Its high performance is due to a good “surface acidity/reducibility” balance.
• This high surface area oxide is also a very stable catalyst.
• 90% yield of p-cymene is obtained over TiO2 catalyst at 300 °C and inert atmosphere.
The transformation of α-limonene into p-cymene over oxide catalysts (γ-Al2O3, TiO2, SiO2, MCM-41) has been studied under H2 and He atmosphere in the temperature range 200–300 °C using a fixed bed micro-reactor working under atmospheric pressure. The catalysts were characterized using various physicochemical techniques (N2 adsorption–desorption, NH3-TPD, XRD, TPR, HR-TEM).We demonstrated that an almost complete transformation of α-limonene into p-cymene can be obtained at 300 °C over a high surface area anatase (Alfa Aesar) in helium atmosphere. The high surface area titania was also proved a very stable catalyst. The high catalytic performance of this oxide could be attributed to a good balance between the acidity and surface reducibility exhibited by this material. The aforementioned properties are, respectively, relevant to the isomerization and disproportionation/dehydrogenation steps involved in the mechanism of title reaction. Based on the yields obtained for p-cymene and by-products we proposed a mechanistic scheme for the title reaction over the high surface area titania.
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Journal: Applied Catalysis A: General - Volume 474, 22 March 2014, Pages 224–229