Hierarchically porous BEA stannosilicates as unique catalysts for bulky ketone conversion and continuous operation
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Author(s)
Al-Nayili, Abbas
Yakabi, Keiko
Hammond, Ceri
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pore size limitations typically limit the applicability of Lewis acidic zeolites, such as titano- and stanno-silicates, to catalytic processes based on small-to-mid sized substrates, and increase their rates of deactivation, prohibiting further exploitation. Herein, we demonstrate that tin-containing zeolites possessing modified hierarchical BEA matrices can be prepared. These hierarchical stannosilicates are able to mediate the catalytic conversion of bulky ketone substrates, a pertaining challenge in the field that purely microporous analogues are unable to mediate. Deactivation studies in the continuous regime also demonstrate the exceptional stability of hierarchical Sn-Beta compared to purely microporous Sn-Beta, with <20% loss of activity observed over 700 h on stream. In contrast, the purely microporous analogue lost ±70% activity in only 200 h. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a stannosilicate with a beneficial hierarchical BEA framework has been prepared, and the first evidence of cyclododecanone valorisation with stannosilicate catalysts.
Date Issued
2016
Date Acceptance
2015-12-17
Citation
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (4), pp.1373-1382
ISSN
2050-7488
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Start Page
1373
End Page
1382
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume
4
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
Identifier
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/TA/C5TA08709K#!divAbstract
Subjects
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-12-21