Carbonylation of Dimethyl Ether over the Two-Dimensional Layered H-Mordenite

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The H-Mordenite (H-MOR) was prepared by a hydrothermal method. The catalytic activity of H-MOR upon carbonylation of dimethyl ether (DME) to methyl acetate (MA) was investigated and it was compared with the commercial H-Mordenite. Our results showed that the synthesized sample (H-MOR-S) presented the higher catalytic carbonylation activity: the DME conversion reached 53.0% after 4.5 h on stream at 180 ℃, while the DME conversion of the commercial sample (H-MOR-C) was only 20.5% under the same reaction conditions. The XRD and BET results demonstrate that the sample H-MOR-S has the larger BET surface areas, and especially larger micropore surface areas and volumes. The average pore size of the H-MOR-S sample is close to the size of the eight-membered ring (8-MR) channels in zeolites. It indicates the increased amount of the 8-MR channels in the H-MOR-S sample further improves the DME carbonylation activity. SEM images clearly show that the H-MOR-S sample is in the form of the ellipsoidal particles assembled of smoothly and orderly two-dimensional sheets. This morphology accelerates the diffusion rate of reactants, as well as products, in the c-axis direction, which thus enhances the DME carbonylation activities.

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	Niu Junyang
	Liu Yahua
	Dong Hongwen
	Li Xingang

Keywords： hydrothermal method； H-Mordenite； two-dimensional layered； dimethyl ether； carbonylation

Received 2014-03-17;

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Niu Junyang, Liu Yahua, Dong Hongwen, Li Xingang.Carbonylation of Dimethyl Ether over the Two-Dimensional Layered H-Mordenite[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2015,V32(6): 7-12

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