OD13 Mechanistic insight into the glucose isomerization reaction using tin-containing zeolites

Monday, June 6, 2011: 4:00 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Yuriy Roman-Leshkov1, Manuel Moliner1, Sonjong Hwang2, Eranda Nikolla1, Jay A. Labinger1 and Mark E. Davis3, (1)Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, (2)Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, (3)Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Tin-containing zeolites (Sn-Beta) are highly active materials for the isomerization of glucose into fructose in water. We demonstrate a mechanistic pathway involving an intramolecular hydride shift, confirming Lewis acidity of framework tin centers in water.  119Sn NMR data show that tin centers exist as isolated sites in tetrahedral coordination.

 



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