- Title
- The isopropylation of naphthalene over ordered mesoporous aluminosilicate AlSBA-1: The formation of diisopropylnaphthalene and triisopropylnaphthalene isomers
- Creator
- Tabish, Ahmad; Ruban, Sujanya Maria; Vinu, Ajayan; Joseph, Stalin; Indirathankam, Sathish Clastinrusselraj; Bezingar, Mercy; Ramadass, Kavitha; Yang, Jae-Hun; Nimisha, Naroth P.; Ayyamperumal, Sakthivel; Sugi, Yoshihiro
- Relation
- Molecular Catalysis Vol. 547, Issue August 2023, no. 113322
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113322
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- We report on the catalytic activity of ordered mesoporous aluminosilicate, AlSBA-1 with 3D cage type porous structure, in the isopropylation of naphthalene (NP). The higher isopropylates: triisopropylnaphthalene (TriIPN) and tetraisopropylnaphthalene (TetIPN) isomers were formed over AlSBA-1 in addition to isopropylnaphthalene (IPN) and diisoprpylnaphthalene (DIPN) isomers. The higher isopropylates were started to form at 225 °C as primary products, which were produced by multi-step isopropylation from NP occurred during one stay on the catalytic site cooperated with the propene adsorbed neighbor acid sites. TriIPN isomers were composed of four isomers (1,3,7-. 1,3,5-, 1,3,6-, and 1,4,6-) formed from DIPN isomers. These formations of TriIPN isomers are controlled by the distribution of DIPN isomers. β,β-DIPN isomers lead to α,β,β-TriIPN isomers, and α,α-DIPN to α,α,β-TriIPN, respectively. However, α,β-DIPN isomers give both of α,α,β- and α,β,β-TriIPN isomers depending on the reaction conditions. The distribution of TriIPN isomers is operated by their kinetic and thermodynamic properties. Bulky and unstable α,α,β-TriIPN isomers (1,3,5- and 1,4,6-) were predominant at low temperatures, 175–250 °C, and at low NP/Cat ratio at 250 °C, where the catalysis mainly proceeded under kinetic control. However, the formation of slim and stable α,β,β-TriIPN isomers (1,3,7- and 1,3,6-) increased with raising the temperatures, and was primary at 300 °C, where the catalysis occurred under thermodynamic control. From these results, it is concluded that the isopropylation of NP over AlSBA-1 occurs under kinetic and/or thermodynamically controls based on the reactivity of the reactants and the stability of the products, and no steric control concerns by mesopores.
- Subject
- AISBA-1; mesoporous aluminosilicate; naphthalene (NP); isopropylation; diisopropylnaphthalene; triisopropylnaphthalene
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1490358
- Identifier
- uon:52887
- Identifier
- ISSN:2468-8231
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
- Hits: 2283
- Visitors: 2271
- Downloads: 0
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format |
|---|