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Quantum-chemical investigation of mechanism of dehydroxylation of crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates

Journal Article · · Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7005316
Within the framework of the cluster approach and the semiempirical SCF MO LCAO method in the CNDO/BW valence approximation, possible pathways have been compared for the dehydroxylation of aluminosilicate systems. It has been shown that dehydroxylation as a result of splitting of a water molecule from an acidic bridge hydroxyl group and a more basic terminal group Al-OH is the most energyfavorable. Apparently, such a dehydroxylation pathway is primarily characteristic for amorphous aluminosilicates. Typical of crystalline aluminosilicates at moderate heat-treating temperature is dehydroxylation through splitting of a water molecule from an acidic bridge hydroxyl group and a neutral Si-OH group; at higher temperatures, there is a possible pathway of dehydroxylation of highsilica zeolites as a result of condensation of two acidic surface hydroxyls.
Research Organization:
N.D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Acad. of Sci, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7005316
Journal Information:
Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 27:1,PT. 1; ISSN KICAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English