Direct observation of hexamethylbenzenium radical cations generated during zeolite methanol-to-olefin catalysis: an ESR study

Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9498-9500
Direct observation of hexamethylbenzenium radical cations generated during zeolite methanol-to-olefin catalysis: an ESR study
Sun Jung Kim, Hoi-Gu Jang, Jun Kyu Lee, Hyung-Ki Min, Suk Bong Hong and Gon Seo
Abstract
Researchers demonstrate the generation of hexamethylbenzenium radical cations as the key reaction intermediate in chabazite-type molecular sieve acids (i.e., H-SAPO-34 and H-SSZ-13) during the methanol-to-olefin process using ESR spectroscopy
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