Abstract
The reaction mechanism of the decomposition of ethoxy species to ethene and acidic OH groups on H-ZSM-5 was studied by IR spectroscopy using isotope-labeled ethanol. The concerted mechanism occurring on both the ethoxy (acid) site and the counterpart lattice oxygen was suggested by GC-MS analysis of evolved d2-ethene and IR observation of the recovery of OH s groups on acid sites from the decomposition of CH3CD2O- ethoxy species. The concerted mechanism was further confirmed by the estimation of activation energy for decomposition of CH3CH2O-, CH3CD2O-, and CD3CD2O- ethoxy species, 122 ± 3, 125 ± 3, and 140 ± 5 kJ mol(-1), respectively, where the kinetic isotope effect was observed for the cleavage of the CH or CD bond of the methyl group of the ethoxy species.
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