Size, shape, and site selectivities in the photochemical reactions of molecules adsorbed on pentasil zeolites. Effects of coadsorbed water
Size, shape, and site selectivities in the photochemical reactions of molecules adsorbed on pentasil zeolites. Effects of coadsorbed water
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吸附在五元硅沸石上的分子的光化学反应中的尺寸、形状和位点选择性。
DOI:
10.1021/ja00242a033
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
D. Corbin
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作者:
N. Turro;C. Cheng;L. Abrams;D. Corbin
The photochemistry of methylbenzyl benzyl ketones (ACOB) in the presence of pentad zeolites follows strikingly different pathways due to the location of the adsorbed ketone. The product distribution, in terms of the cage effect (efficiency of geminate radical combination), demonstrates the effects of sorption and diffusion on the radical species produced by photolysis. p-ACOB is readily adsorbed within the pentasil framework and produces p-AB as the primary product. In contrast, the photolysis product distributions of o-ACOB can be dramatically varied depending upon the extent of its adsorption into the framework. By addition of a nonreactive titrant, such as water, after the ketone adsorption, the photolysis product distributions can be systematically varied depending upon the aluminum content of the framework. The observed results are completely described by considerations of (a) the size and shape sorption of the pentad zeolites, (b) the sorption of water by the hydrophilic sites of the pentasil zeolites (which depend upon the framework aluminum content), and (c) the hydrophobic characteristics of the pentasil channels which do not contain framework aluminum. During the last two decades considerable attention has been given to investigations of the structure of the catalytic properties of highly siliceous synthetic zeolite molecular sieves and to the reaction mechanisms imposed by such structures.' In particular, the pentasil family of zeolites, of which ZSM-5 is an outstanding member, has exhibited very valuable catalytic properties including high chemical selectivity, low coking (aging) tendency, and high turnover activity for a variety of chemical reactions.2 One reaction that has attracted considerable attention is the rather remarkable conversion of methanol into isoalkanes and aromatics that form gasoline3a as well as the selective alkylation of toluene with methanol to form p-~ylene.~~ The impressive catalytic selectivity and in-use stability of the pentasil family of zeolites are attributed to a unique combination of properties, such as size, shape, and site sorption selectivities, chemistry, and substrate diffusion on the internal ~urface.~ An example of the size and shape sorption selectivities combined with substrate diffusion is the comparison of the diffusivities of xylene isomers in ZSM-5. The diffusivity ofp-xylene is about 1000 to 10000 times faster than that of either m-xylene or of o-xylene, and this enormous difference is ascribed to the larger size and shape of the ortho and meta isomers relative to the size and shape of the ZSM-5 pore diameter of the framework channel^.^ Framework tetrahedral aluminum atoms and their associated cations occur in relatively dilute and isolated states in the pentasil structures and are believed to be the de- termining factor in the site specificity of catalysis by the ZSM The dimensions of the pore diameters in zeolite molecular sieves depend on the number of Si or AI tetrahedra in the rings that make up the pore. X-ray diffraction analyses show that ZSM-5 possesses two types of pores, both of which are composed of 10 tetrahe- dral-membered ringd one pore system is sinusoidal with a nearly circular cross section of about 5.5 A, and the other pore system is straight and perpendicular to the sinusoidal system with elliptical pores of ca. 5.2 X 5.8 A. A representation of the internal surface of the channels (void space) of the ZSM-5 internal framework and a simplified topological structure of this void space are shown schematically in Figure 1. Of considerable practical importance and also of inherent in- terest to the fundamental theories of catalytic and interface science is the effect of coadsorbed additives on reaction mechanisms.'c In particular, the influence of water on the sorption and diffusional