Industrial application of catalytic systems for n-heptane isomerization.

The ideal gasoline must have a high pump octane number, in the 86 to 94 range, and a low environmental impact. Alkanes, as a family, have much lower photochemical reactivities than aromatics or olefins, but only the highly branched alkanes have adequate octane numbers. The purpose of this work is to examine the possibilities of extending the technological alternative of paraffin isomerization to heavier feedstocks (i.

New insights on molybdenum suboxide: nature of carbons in isomerization reactions.

MoO3 transformations under isomerization process conditions were studied. The products obtained after different times under stream (H2/n-heptane mixture, 18.5 bar, at 370 degrees C) were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM).