Coordination of extraframework Li+ cation in the MCM-22 and MCM-36 zeolite: FTIR study of CO adsorbed

Abstract

Nature and population of Li+ cationic sites in MCM-22 zeolite and its pillared form (MCM-36) were investigated by means of adsorption of CO as a probe molecule. CO stretching frequency and adsorption heat were measured by FTIR spectroscopy and adsorption microcalorimetry. Intrazeolitic carbonyl complexes on Li+ cations in MCM-22 and MCM-36 are characterized by two main vibrational bands at 2,195 and 2,188 cm−1. Band at higher wavenumbers is ascribed to carbonyls on Li+ ions coordinated only to two oxygen atoms at the intersection of 10-ring channels and interacting with CO molecule by energy around 45 kJ mol−1. Band at 2,188 cm−1 was assigned to the carbonyls on Li+ cations located on top of 5 or 6-rings on the channel walls and coordinated to three or four oxygen atoms, interacting with CO molecule by energy 33–36 kJ mol−1. Effect of pillaring and layered form of zeolite on nature and population of Li+ cationic sites is also discussed, as well as the formation of dicarbonyl complexes.