Silica-supported isolated gallium sites as highly active, selective and stable propane dehydrogenation catalysts.

ABSTRACT: Single-site gallium centers on the surface of silica are prepared via grafting of [Ga(OSi(OtBu)₃)₃(THF)] on SiO_2-700 followed by a thermolysis step. The resulting surface species corresponds to well-defined tetra-coordinate gallium single-sites, [([triple bond, length as m-dash]SiO)₃Ga(XOSi[triple bond, length as m-dash])] (X = -H or [triple bond, length as m-dash]Si) according to IR, X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis. These gallium sites show high activity, selectivity and stability for propane dehydrogenation with an initial turnover frequency of 20 per h per gallium center, propylene selectivity of ≥93% and remarkable stability over 20 h. The stability of the catalyst proba

SUBMITTER: Searles K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5433511 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature