MCM-48 as a support for sulfonic acid catalysts
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| Publication date | 2010 |
| Journal | Catalysis Communications |
| Volume | Issue number | 11 | 7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 660-664 |
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| Abstract |
The ordered mesoporous silica, MCM-48, has been functionalised with sulfonic acid. Its physico-chemical properties have been compared with those of sulfonated MCM-41 and SBA-15. A higher catalytic activity for the functionalised MCM-48 in the alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol suggests that MCM-48 behaves as a better sulfonic acid support than MCM-41 and SBA-15. Ammonia adsorption calorimetric data shows that acid site strengths on the three supports are similar so the higher activity of MCM-48 sulfonic acid is probably due to better accessibility of its acid sites in the three-dimensional pore structure.
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| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2010.01.018 |
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