OD68 Optimal water coverage on alumina: a key to generate Lewis acid-base pairs reactive towards the C-H bond activation of methane

Friday, June 10, 2011: 8:00 AM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Raphael Wischert, C2P2 UMR5265, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France, Christophe Copéret, Department of Chemistry, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, Francoise Delbecq, Ecole Normale Supériere de Lyon and CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France and Philippe Sautet, Institute of Chemistry, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
Water adsorbed on γ-Al2O3 stabilizes (Al,O) Lewis acid-base pairs and makes them more reactive towards C-H bond dissociation. Optimal water coverage is reached at a pre-treatment temperature of 700 °C. Our findings clearly illustrate the importance of a controlled thermal pre-treatment step for the preparation of supports and catalysts.

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