%0 Journal Article %T NaOHmodifiedWO3/SiO2catalystsforpropyleneproductionfrom2-buteneandethylenemetathesis %A Surasa Maksasithorn %A Damien P. Debecker %A Piyasan Praserthdam %A Joongjai Panpranot %A Kongkiat Suriye %A Sirachaya Kunjara Na Ayudhya %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 232-241 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60760-8 %X £¿AWO3/SiO2catalystisusedinindustrytoproducepropylenefrom2-buteneandethylenemetathesis.CatalystswithvariousWO3loading(4%to10%)werepreparedbyimpregnationandtestedforthemetathesisofetheneandtrans-2-butene.IonexchangeofNaOHontotheWO3/SiO2catalystwasusedtomitigatetheacidityofthecatalystsinacontrolledway.AtlowWO3loading,thetreatmentwithlargeamountsofNaOHresultedinasignificantdecreaseinmetathesisactivityconcomitantwithsignificantWleachingandmarkedstructuralchanges(XRD,Raman).AthigherWO3loading(6%to10%),thetreatmentwithNaOHmainlyresultedinadecreaseinacidity.FT-IRexperimentsafteradsorptionofpyridineshowedthattheLewisacidicsiteswerepoisonedbysodium.Nevertheless,themetathesisactivityremainedconstantaftertheNaOHtreatment.Thissuggestedthattheremainingacidityonthecatalystwasenoughtoensuretheefficientformationofthecarbeneactivesites.Interestingly,Napoisoningresultedinsomemodificationoftheselectivity.Themitigationofaciditywasshowntofavorpropeneselectivityovertheformationofisomerizationproducts(cis-2-butene,1-butene,etc.).Moreover,treatmentwithNaOHledtoashorterinductionperiodandreducedcokeformationontheWO3/SiO2catalyst. %K Propylene %K Olefinmetathesis %K Tungstentrioxide %K Silicondioxide %K Sodiumhydroxidetreatment %K Acidity %K Pyridine %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21229.shtml