Paraffin isomerization, paraffin disproportionation, and benzene alkylation catalyzed by aluminum chloride/sulfonic acid resins
The catalytic isomerization of n-butane at 298/sup 0/-413/sup 0/K and n-pentane at 343/sup 0/-413/sup 0/K in a packed-bed flow reactor at 1 atm in the presence of aluminum chloride/sulfonic acid resin was accompanied by disproportionation and cracking. The selectivity to isomerization products was approx. 40% for n-pentane and > 99% for n-butane. Kinetics of n-butane isomerization at 308/sup 0/-338/sup 0/K were determined by using a partially deactivated catalyst batch, and the dependence of the isomerization rate on the partial pressure of n-butane was fitted using a power-law or a Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate equation. Alkylations of benzene with propylene catalyzed by sulfonic acid resin at 328/sup 0/K and aluminum chloride/sulfonic acid resin at 295/sup 0/K gave isopropylbenzene and mono- to tetra-isopropylbenzenes, respectively. A catalyst deactivation model was developed and used to correlate the time-dependent behavior of n-butane isomerization and benzene propylation. The data indicated that Broensted acid sites are responsible for the activity of the supported aluminum chloride catalyst.
- OSTI ID:
- 6462048
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ALKYLATION
BUTANE
ISOMERIZATION
PENTANE
ALUMINIUM CHLORIDES
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
EQUATIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXIDATION
PACKED BED
PARAFFIN
REACTION KINETICS
REDUCTION
RESINS
SULFONIC ACIDS
ALKANES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
KINETICS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLYMERS
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400201 - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties