OD25 Evidence for “Carbene-like” Intermediate in the Reaction of Methoxy Species with Light Alkenes on H-ZSM-5

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 1:50 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Takashi Tatsumi, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
We have investigated the reactivity of methoxy species with light alkenes on H-ZSM-5 by IR spectroscopy. Experiments using isotopes have revealed that the addition of methoxy species to ethene occurs via a fashion of a carbene-like intermediate; the methyl carbenium cation mechanism is not applicable in any cases.

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