Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

Room temperature methoxylation in zeolites: insight into a key step of the methanol-to-hydrocarbons process

Type	Journal Article
Author	Alexander J. O'Malley
Author	Stewart F. Parker
URL	Free Full Text Source:  http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C5CC08956E
Volume	52
Issue	14
Pages	2897-2900
Publication	Chem. Commun.
Date	2016
Abstract	Neutron scattering methods observed complete room temperature conversion of methanol to framework methoxy in a commercial sample of methanol-to-hydrocarbons (MTH) catalyst H-ZSM-5, evidenced by methanol immobility and vibrational spectra matched by ab initio calculations. No methoxylation was observed in a commercial HY sample, attributed to the dealumination involved in high silica HY synthesis.