Abstract
A highly selective and active catalyst for the positional isomerisation of 2-butene into 1-butene has been developed by using a mesoporous silica, MCM-41. The yields of 1-butene as well as total conversion decrease when aluminium or lanthanum was added to the MCM-41 even though the amounts of acid sites increase. FT-IR spectra proved that the H site due to the silanol group may act as an active site for the positional isomerisation of 2-butene to 1-butene.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-184 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Catalysis Letters |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| State | Published - Nov 2007 |
Keywords
- Butene
- MCM-41
- Positional isomerisation