Dimerization of 1-butene in liquid phase reaction: Influence of structure, pore size and acidity of Beta zeolite and MCM-41 mesoporous material

N. Kumar, P. Mäki-Arvela, T. Yläsalmi, J. Villegas, T. Heikkilä, A. R. Leino, K. Kordás, T. Salmi, D. Yu Murzin*

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Abstract

Dimerization of 1-butene in liquid phase was studied over H-Beta zeolite catalyst and MCM-41 mesoporous material in an autoclave at temperature of 473 K and at pressure of 20 bar using n-heptane as a solvent. Liquid phase product analysis was carried out using GC-MS and a pattern recognition technique, Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA). Acidity of the catalysts was determined by FTIR, phase purity using X-ray powder diffraction, surface area by nitrogen adsorption and morphology of zeolite and mesoporous material crystals using scanning electron microscope. Influence of acidity, pore size and structure of H-Beta zeolite and H-MCM-41 mesoporous material on the conversion of n-butene and selectivity to C8 hydrocarbon such as 2,2,4-trimethylpentene, dimethylpentene and 2-methylpentene was investigated. H-MCM-41 mesoporous material exhibited higher selectivities to C8 hydrocarbons than H-Beta zeolite catalyst. However, conversion of n-butene was higher over H-Beta zeolite catalyst than H-MCM-41 mesoporous material.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-134
Number of pages8
JournalMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials
Volume147
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Butene
  • Dimerization
  • MCM-41
  • Zeolite

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