A highly stable and selective Pt-modified mordenite catalyst for the skeletal isomerization of n-butane

Pt-H-MOR-12.8 exhibited the highest yield and selectivity to isobutane and it was the most stable towards catalyst deactivation. Typically, an excess of propane with respect to pentanes was formed and the selectivity to pentanes remained constant for the different Pt-H-MOR and conditions tested. Selectivity to propane was inversely dependent on the H2 concentration in the feed and the SiO2/Al2O3 ratio.