Abstract
Disproportion of toluene, isomerization of xylenes and alkylation of toluene with methanol were investigated over a series of H-ZSM5 zeolites varying in Si/Al ratio. The specific rates per unit cell of H-ZSM5 for disproportionation of toluene and isomerization of xylene were found to be directly proportional to the concentration of strong Brönsted acid sites for all temperatures investigated. For temperatures above 573 K, the corresponding specific rates for alkylation of toluene with methanol were found to be independent of the concentration of strong Brönsted acid sites. In contrast, at 473 K a significant dependence was observed. We explain this variation of the dependence of the specific rate upon the concentration of strong Brönsted acid sites by the contribution of two reaction pathways to the overall reaction rate.
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