Elucidating the effect of oxides on the zeolite catalyzed alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2022.07.010

Abstract

Abstract: In the present work, the effect of oxides on the alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene was comprehensively investigated over MCM-49 n-heptanol, n-heptaldehyde and n-heptanoic acid were selected as the model oxides herein, and obvious decrease of lifetime could be caused by only trace amount of oxides added in the feedstocks. However, the deactivated catalysts were difficult to be regenerated by extraction with hot benzene. Additionally, coke-burning was also proved to be incapable to regenerate the deactivated catalysts mainly for the dealumination during calcination. Further characterizations complementary with DFT calculations were conducted to demonstrate that the deactivation was mainly due to the firm adsorption of oxides on the acid sites.

Key words: Zeolite, 1-dodecene, Alkylation, Oxides, Deactivation

摘要： In the present work, the effect of oxides on the alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene was comprehensively investigated over MCM-49 n-heptanol, n-heptaldehyde and n-heptanoic acid were selected as the model oxides herein, and obvious decrease of lifetime could be caused by only trace amount of oxides added in the feedstocks. However, the deactivated catalysts were difficult to be regenerated by extraction with hot benzene. Additionally, coke-burning was also proved to be incapable to regenerate the deactivated catalysts mainly for the dealumination during calcination. Further characterizations complementary with DFT calculations were conducted to demonstrate that the deactivation was mainly due to the firm adsorption of oxides on the acid sites.

关键词: Zeolite, 1-dodecene, Alkylation, Oxides, Deactivation

Shiyong Xing, Yan Cui, Tiefeng Wang, Jinwei He, Minghan Han. Elucidating the effect of oxides on the zeolite catalyzed alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 56(4): 126-135.

Shiyong Xing, Yan Cui, Tiefeng Wang, Jinwei He, Minghan Han. Elucidating the effect of oxides on the zeolite catalyzed alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2023, 56(4): 126-135.

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