Framework Effects on Activation and Functionalisation of Methane in Zinc-Exchanged Zeolites.

Chemphyschem

Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.

Published: April 2020

The first selective oxidation of methane to methanol is reported herein for zinc-exchanged MOR (Zn/MOR). Under identical conditions, Zn/FER and Zn/ZSM-5 both form zinc formate and methanol. Selective methane activation to form [Zn-CH ] species was confirmed by C MAS NMR spectroscopy for all three frameworks. The percentage of active zinc sites, measured through quantitative NMR spectroscopy studies, varied with the zeolite framework and was found to be ZSM-5 (5.7 %), MOR (1.2 %) and FER (0.5 %). For Zn/MOR, two signals were observed in the C MAS NMR spectrum, resulting from two distinct [Zn-CH ] species present in the 12 MR and 8 MR side pockets, as supported by additional NMR experiments. The observed products of oxidation of the [Zn-CH ] species are shown to depend on the zeolite framework type and the oxidative conditions used. These results lay the foundation for developing structure-function correlations for methane conversion over zinc-exchanged zeolites.

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