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Role of carbonaceous deposits in the hydrogenation of hydrocarbons on platinum catalysts. [Cyclopropane]

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100465a008· OSTI ID:6971314

Pulsed hydrogenation of ethylene at -31/sup 0/C and the hydrogenolysis of cyclopropane at 0/sup 0/C in hydrogen or helium carrier gas on silica-supported platinum showed that the conversion was catalyzed by the platinum surface and that carbonaceous residues, which accumulated at a rate of approx. 0.05Vertical Bar3< of each pulse, were inactive. The residues were removed by reaction with hydrogen at 50/sup 0/-100/sup 0/C. The data were compatible with a mechanism in which the platinum surface is almost covered by a monolayer of hydrocarbon during the reaction and in which the adsorbed material reacts sequentially with two adsorbed hydrogen atoms and desorbs as alkane.

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ.
OSTI ID:
6971314
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 83:2; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English