O-Th-Seg-13 Characterization of Zeolites via Isomerization and Disproportionation of 1,3-Dimethylbenzene, 1,3-Diethylbenzene and 1,3-Diisopropylbenzene as Catalytic Test Reactions

Thursday, June 6, 2013: 2:30 PM
Segell (Galt House Hotel)
C.Y. Chen1,2, Ricardo Bermejo-Deval3, Stacey I. Zones4, Saleh Elomari2 and Dan Xie2, (1)University of California at Davis, USA, (2)Chevron Energy Technology Company, USA, (3)California Institute of Technology, USA, (4)University of California Berkeley, USA.
Isomerization and disproportionation of 1,3-diethylbenzene is established as a new test reaction for characterizing the effective pore structures of zeolites, complementary to those of meta-xylene and 1,3-diisopropylbenzene. Isomerization of 1,3-diethylbenzene is favored over disproportionation when the pore sizes of zeolites decrease, with 1,4-diethylbenzene being favored over 1,2-diethylbenzene.

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