Abstract: Mechanistic insights into acid-catalysis and the selective homologation of C<sub>1</sub>-species to isobutane and 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 4:00 PM

Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )

Dante A. Simonetti¹, John H. Ahn¹ and Enrique Iglesia², (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

The rigorous interpretation of kinetic and isotopic data leads to a detailed mechanism for C₁-homologation chain growth and shows how product selectivities of acid-catalyzed hydrocarbon reactions are influenced by molecular structure and the stability of carbenium ion transition states for relevant methylation, hydride transfer, β-scission, and isomerization steps.

Extended Abstracts:

Simonetti, Ahn, and Iglesia.pdf (115.9KB) - Extended Abstract

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OB44 Mechanistic insights into acid-catalysis and the selective homologation of C1-species to isobutane and 2,2,3-trimethylbutane

OB44 Mechanistic insights into acid-catalysis and the selective homologation of C₁-species to isobutane and 2,2,3-trimethylbutane