A Solid Acid Catalyst at the Threshold of Superacid Strength: NMR, Calorimetry, and Density Functional Theory Studies of Silica-Supported Aluminum Chloride
A Solid Acid Catalyst at the Threshold of Superacid Strength: NMR, Calorimetry, and Density Functional Theory Studies of Silica-Supported Aluminum Chloride
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DOI:
10.1021/ja970850n
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发表时间:
1997-12
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15
通讯作者:
Teng Xu;Nicholas Kob;R. Drago;‡. A. John B. Nicholas;J. F. Haw
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作者:
Teng Xu;Nicholas Kob;R. Drago;‡. A. John B. Nicholas;J. F. Haw
Solid state NMR, calorimetry, and density functional theory (DFT) all provide a consistent interpretation of the acidity of the solid acid catalyst (SG)nAlCl2, which is prepared by reacting aluminum chloride with conditioned silica gel. These studies firmly establish that the acid sites are Bronsted in nature and that their strength is significantly greater than those in zeolites. Proton NMR results, including experiments exploiting 1H−27Al dipolar couplings, demonstrate that the Bronsted acid sites have an isotropic 1H chemical shift of 5.7 ppm and a concentration of 0.58 mmol/g. The strongest sites on this solid acid, present at 0.03 mmol/g, have −ΔHav values of 52 kcal/mol for reaction with pyridine. A value of 44 kcal/mol is maintained for incremental addition of pyridine up to 0.1 mmol/g. In comparison, −ΔHav for the strongest sites in zeolite HZSM-5 is only 42 kcal/mol. 15N magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR studies of adsorbed pyridine and 31P MAS NMR of trimethylphosphine confirm the Bronsted nature o...