TY - JOUR
T1 - Picosecond infrared activation of methanol in acid zeolites
AU - Bonn, Mischa
AU - Van Santen, Rutger A.
AU - Lercher, Johannes A.
AU - Kleyn, Aart W.
AU - Bakker, Huib J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We kindly acknowledge S.R. Blaszkowski for many helpful discussions. This work is part of a collaborative research program of the Stichting Fun-damenteel Onderzoek van de Materie (Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter) with financial support from the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organiza- tion for the Advancement of Research), and the Schuit Institute of Catalysis at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
PY - 1997/10/31
Y1 - 1997/10/31
N2 - Highly porous, crystalline zeolite catalysts are used industrially to catalyze the conversion of methanol to gasoline. We have performed a picosecond spectroscopic study providing insights into both the structure and the dynamics of methanol adsorbed to acid zeolites. We reveal the adsorption structure of methanol at the catalytically reactive site and show that the reaction of this complex in the zeolite to the first intermediate in the methanol-to-gasoline reaction sequence is initiated by picosecond infrared excitation. The picosecond dynamics of this activation process can be followed in real-time, and reflects the potential energy surface relevant to the reaction.
AB - Highly porous, crystalline zeolite catalysts are used industrially to catalyze the conversion of methanol to gasoline. We have performed a picosecond spectroscopic study providing insights into both the structure and the dynamics of methanol adsorbed to acid zeolites. We reveal the adsorption structure of methanol at the catalytically reactive site and show that the reaction of this complex in the zeolite to the first intermediate in the methanol-to-gasoline reaction sequence is initiated by picosecond infrared excitation. The picosecond dynamics of this activation process can be followed in real-time, and reflects the potential energy surface relevant to the reaction.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00982-2
DO - 10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00982-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031592902
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 278
SP - 213
EP - 219
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 4-6
ER -