2
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TABLE 6
best accessibility to active sites, while the differences be-
tween particular samples reflect likely varying distribution
of the sites. Lower conversions over the LS samples confirm
a limited accessibility to active sites (clogged pores). The
rapid decrease in the yield of the conversion over AlPO4-5
is caused by coking.
Conversion of Propanol-2 over CrAPO-5 Samples 5 and 6 (Table 1)
Selectivity (%)
Conversion
(
%)
Propene
DIPE
Acetone
Time
(h)
5
6
5
6
5
6
5
6
CONCLUSIONS
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
73.88
78.70
79.72
80.68
81.10
81.77
82.06
56.57
86.35
87.07
87.42
87.95
88.30
88.52
97.01
97.74
97.82
97.76
97.43
97.81
97.94
96.26
97.32
97.36
97.47
97.38
97.38
97.49
2.06
1.73
1.71
1.70
1.71
1.67
1.66
2.74
2.01
1.99
0.93
0.53
0.47
1.00
0.67
0.65
The Cr(III) ions incorporated as heterocenters into an
1.97 0.54 0.56 AFI-type structure reveal, in spite of the lack of an addi-
1.98
1.98
1.98
0.51
0.51
0.40
0.64
0.64
0.53
tional framework charge, increased acidity in comparison
to the framework of AlPO4-5 with structure defects. This
is likely due to two additional water ligands at Cr, which
are located in the pores and complement the coordina-
tion sphere of chromium to the favored (pseudo)octahedral
one. The conversion of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBOH) re-
quires a temperature above 573 K, at which there proceeds
the consecutive reaction of cracking of the main product,
product. Correlation between the yield of conversion and
Cr content of the catalyst is similar to that in the case of
MBOH, i.e., the conversion increases with the Cr content
except for sample 4 with the lowest amount of Cr. The
differences in relation to MBOH are that (i) the yield does
not decrease with time but slightly increases in the initial
period and then stabilizes at a constant level and (ii) the dif-
ferences in the conversion due to the content of Cr are much
higher. The selectivities to propene are stable or vary within
a narrow range between 95 and 99%. Acetone and diiso-
propylether (DIPE) form in amounts below 1% (Table 6),
indicating a marginal role of basic centers in this reaction.
The conversion of isopropanol over AlPO4-5 (Table 7) is
similarly high at the beginning, but it drops considerably
with reaction time, while selectivity to propene stabilizes
at 100%.
3
-methyl-3-buten-1-yne (MBYNE), to acetylene and ace-
tone on the acidic sites of CrAPO-5. The conversion of
isopropanol can proceed at a lower temperature (553 K)
and does not give such an effect, yielding almost exclusively
propene as the product. The yield of the conversion follows,
in general, the content of chromium in CrAPO-5, but it is
dependent also on the distribution of the Cr centers.
The materials with extraframework chromium (multiva-
lent Cr species clogging the pores) also reveal an acidity
higher than that of nonsubstituted AlPO4-5. The conver-
sion over these Cr species results in products and effects
similar to that over the framework Cr, but it is lowered
by (i) hindered accessibility inside the clogged pores and
All these results support the conclusions from the con-
version of MBOH and prove that all the CrAPO-5 samples
Table 1) should have acidic centers. The most important
(
ii) a faster coking. No basic centers are created in the in-
vestigated Cr-containing materials, as concluded from the
isopropanol conversion.
(
is that the conversion of isopropanol confirms the absence
of basic centers in CrAPO-5. Therefore, acetylene and ace-
tone originate, in fact, from cracking of MBYNE. As acidity
of all the catalysts is sufficient for this reaction, the differ-
ences in the conversion have to result from varying distri-
bution of or accessibility to active sites. Thus, the highest,
in average, conversion over the HS materials indicates the
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was partially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemein-
schaft (DFG). Thanks are due to Dr. J. Rakoczy (Cracow) for technical
assistance.
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