Dehydration of epiandrosterone over zeolites with different pore structures and acidities

Add time:08/05/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

Four kinds of large port zeolites BEA, FAU, LTL and MOR, were used as catalysts in the dehydration of a large molecule, epiandrosterone, to elucidate the effect of their pore structure on its conversion and the selectivity for 5α-androst-2-en-17-one (Δ2-olefin). Silane masking of the zeolite acid sites, measurement of their epiandrosterone uptake, and theoretical calculations to find the energy-minimized conformation in zeolite pores revealed the roles of pore structure and acid sites in the dehydration. LTL and MOR zeolites showed poor conversion and low selectivity for Δ2-olefin because of the close packing in their linear pores. BEA and FAU zeolites with three-dimensionally connected pores exhibited high conversion. Since the supercages of FAU zeolite provided enough space to allow tilted conformation of epiandrosterone with high preference for the formation of Δ2-olefin, FAU zeolites with a sufficient number of acid sites demonstrated both high conversion and selectivity in the dehydration of epiandrosterone.

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