Acid Strength, Solvation, and Site Proximity Effects in Alkane Isomerization on Brønsted Solid Acids

Knaeble, William

Thursday, June 6, 2013: 2:10 PM

Segell (Galt House Hotel)

William Knaeble, Robert T. Carr and Enrique Iglesia, University of California Berkeley, USA.

Keggin polyoxometalate (POM) clusters and zeolite BEA as physical mixtures with Pt/Al₂O₃ co-catalysts are used as model solid Brønsted acid catalysts to examine the effects of acid strength, solvation, and site proximity on alkane isomerization rates and selectivities.

Extended Abstracts:

WK_20121018_NAMAbstract v3.1.pdf (90.1KB) - Extended Abstract

O-Th-Seg-12 Acid Strength, Solvation, and Site Proximity Effects in Alkane Isomerization on Brønsted Solid Acids