STYRENE OLIGOMERIZATION CATALYZED BY ZEOLITES
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Cн+,
mol/g
0.55
quence, the reaction gives mostly linear styrene dimers
Ia Ib).
It was found that both the activity and selectivity of
zeolites in the styrene oligomerization are strongly
dependent on the structure type of the zeolite. For the
synthesis of the styrene linear dimers, the use of zeolite
×
0.62 nm in zeolite ZSMꢀ12) [24]. As a conseꢀ
µ
500
400
300
200
100
0
(
,
ZSMꢀ12 is most favorable (
00 wt %). Zeolite Beta is close to zeolite ZSMꢀ12 by
activity and gives dimers as the main products (70–
0%), mostly the linear isomer Ia. In the presence of
S = 82%, conversion 98–
1
8
the least active zeolite Y, styrene affords a complex
mixture of oligomers in which dimers (53–60% in
chlorobenzene) or dimers and trimers (60–80% in
bulk) are predominant.
Y
Beta
ZSMꢀ12
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The work was supported by the Russian Academy
of Sciences under the General Chemistry and Materiꢀ
als Science Division program no. 8 “The Developꢀ
ment of Scientific Principles of New Chemical Techꢀ
nologies Including the Production of Pilot Batches of
Substances and Materials.”
Fig. 3. Acid properties of zeolites Y, Beta, and ZSMꢀ12.
BAS is the total concentration of Brönsted acid sites;
LAS is the total concentration of Lewis acid sites; OH str.
are structural OH groups in the cavities of zeolite Y;
OH chan. are structural OH groups in the channels of the
zeolites Beta and ZSMꢀ12; OH surf. are surface acidic
OH groups.
Σ
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