O-Tu-403-9 Surface Structural-Chemical Characterization of Single-Site d0 Organometallic Selective Arene Hydrogenation Catalyst Supported on “Super-Acidic” Sulfated Oxides

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 4:20 PM
403-405 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Madelyn M. Stalzer1, Christopher P. Nicholas2, Alessandro Motta1, Alak Bhattacharyya2, James Gallagher3, Jeffrey T. Miller3, Tobin J. Marks1 and Massimiliano Delferro1, (1)Northwestern University, USA, (2)UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company, USA, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, USA.
A series of organometallic precursors chemisorbed on superacidic oxides were characterized by NMR, EXAFS, and DFT. These catalysts were found to be active for selective hydrogenation of benzene over toluene, an important reaction in gasoline refining. Interestingly, the active catalysts were found to follow Michaelis-Menten inhibition kinetics.

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