IR study of active sites for n-heptane isomerization over MoO3-ZrO2

The property of acidic sites onMoO3-ZrO2 was studied for n-heptane isomerization.A2,6-lutidine IRstudy showed that the introduction of MoO3 on ZrO2 partially eliminated the absorbance band at 1605 cm−1 ascribed to Lewis acid sites corresponding to the presence of the monoclinic phase of ZrO2 and de...

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Main Authors: Ruslan, Nurun Najwa, Ahmad Fadzillah, Nurrulhidayah, Karim, Ainul Hakimah, Jalil, Aishah Abdul, Triwahyono, Sugeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/71284/6/71284%20IR%20study%20of%20active%20sites.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71284/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0926860X11004698
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Summary:The property of acidic sites onMoO3-ZrO2 was studied for n-heptane isomerization.A2,6-lutidine IRstudy showed that the introduction of MoO3 on ZrO2 partially eliminated the absorbance band at 1605 cm−1 ascribed to Lewis acid sites corresponding to the presence of the monoclinic phase of ZrO2 and developed several Brönsted and Lewis acid sites with different acidic strengths. MoO3-ZrO2 possesses a large number of relatively weak Lewis and Brönsted acid sites as well as strong acid sites. The active protonic acid sites in n-heptane isomerization were formed from molecular hydrogen through a spillover mechanism with the involvement of doublet bands at 1595 and 1580 cm−1 ascribed to the Lewis acid sites corresponding to the presence of the tetragonal phase of ZrO2. No catalytic activity of MoO3-ZrO2 for n-heptane isomerization was observed in the absence of the doublet bands at 1595 and 1580 cm−1 and hydrogen in the gas phase