Conversion of Methane over Ag<Superscript>+</Superscript>-exchanged Zeolite in the Presence of Ethene

Methane is shown to react with ethene over silver-exchanged zeolites at around 673 K to form higher hydrocarbons. Methane conversion of 13.2% is achieved at 673 K over Ag–ZSM−5 catalyst. Under these conditions, H–ZSM−5 does not catalyze the methane conversion, only ethene being converted into higher hydrocarbons. Zeolites with extra-framework metal cations such as In and Ga also activate methane in the presence of ethene. Using ¹³C-labeled methane as a reactant, propene is shown to be a primary product from methane and ethane. ¹³C atoms were not found in benzene molecules produced, indicating that benzene is entirely originated from ethane. On the other hand, in toluene, ¹³C atoms are found in both the methyl group and the aromatic ring. This implies that toluene is formed by the reaction of propene with butenes formed by the dimerization of ethene, and also by the reaction of benzene with methane. The latter path was confirmed by direct reaction of ¹³CH₄ with benzene. In this case, ¹³C atoms are found only in methyl groups of toluene produced. The heterolytic dissociation of methane over Ag⁺-exchanged zeolites is proposed as a reaction mechanism for the catalytic conversion of methane, leading to the formation of silver hydride and CH₃^δ+ species, which reacts with ethene and benzene to form propene and toluene, respectively. The conversion of methane over zeolites loaded with metal cations other than Ag⁺ is also described. The reaction of methane with benzene over indium-loaded ZSM−5 afforded toluene and xylenes in yields of up to 7.6% and 0.9% at 623 K when the reaction was carried out in a flow reactor.     

Simultaneous Voltammetric Determination of Benzene,Toluene and Xylenes (BTX) in Water Using a Cathodically Pre‐treated Boron‐doped Diamond Electrode

An electrochemical method for the simultaneous determination of benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX) in water was developed using square‐wave voltammetry (SWV). The determination of BTX was carried out using a cathodically pre‐treated boron‐doped diamond electrode (BDD) using 0.1 mol L^?1 H₂SO₄ as supporting electrolyte. In the SWV measurements using the BDD, the oxidation peak potentials of the total xylenes‐toluene and toluene‐benzene couples, present in ternary mixtures, display separations of about 100 and 200 mV, respectively. The attained detection limits for the simultaneous determination of benzene, toluene and total xylenes were 3.0×10^?7, 8.0×10^?7 and 9.1×10^?7 mol L^?1, respectively. The recovery values taken in ternary mixtures of benzene, toluene and total xylenes in aqueous solutions are 98.9 %, 99.2 % and 99.4 %, respectively.     

Pyrolysis of waste tyres: The influence of USY catalyst/tyre ratio on products

In this paper, an ultrastable Y-type (USY) zeolite was investigated with two-staged pyrolysis–catalysis of waste tyres. Waste tyres were pyrolysed in a fixed bed reactor and the evolved pyrolysis gases were passed through a secondary catalytic reactor. The main objective of this paper was to obtain high concentration of certain aromatic hydrocarbons suitable to be used as a chemical feedstock rather than a liquid fuel, and the influence of catalyst/tyre ratio on the product yield and composition of derived oils. The light fraction (boiling point < 220 °C) was distilled from the derived oil prior to be analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). It showed that the increase of catalyst/tyre ratio resulted in high yield of gas at the expense of the oil yield. The high catalyst/tyre ratio favored to increase the concentration of light fraction (<220 °C) in oil. Increasing the catalyst/tyre ratio resulted in significant changed in the concentration of benzene, toluene, xylenes and the alkyl aromatic compounds. For benzene and toluene, the highest concentration was obtained at the catalyst/tyre ratio of 0.5. The concentration of xylenes increased with the increasing of catalyst/tyre ratio.     

Mechanism study of the conversion of esters to high‐octane‐number aromatics over HZSM‐5

A study of the mechanism of the catalytic transformation of mixed ethyl acetate (EA) + methyl acetate (MA) (50:50 v/v) to hydrocarbons over HZSM‐5 (Si/Al ratio of 9) catalyst was conducted. The reaction was carried out in a continuous fixed‐bed reactor under atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range 250–390°C and with weight hourly space velocity of 3.2 and 4.6 h^?1. The distribution of products including monoaromatics, fused ring aromatics and oxygenates was determined using GC‐MS. The product distribution was controlled by temperature. The oxygenate components (kinetically controlled products) were transformed into aromatics (thermodynamically controlled products) with an increase in temperature. The effluents were benzene‐free or with low content of benzene and toluene. Two intermediates were proposed for this conversion to hydrocarbons over HZSM‐5: cyclobutane‐1,3‐dione and/or acetic acid (AA) as ketene source. Furthermore, AA and mesityl oxide (MO) were selected as potential intermediates in the transformation of mixed EA + MA into hydrocarbons over HZSM‐5. It is suggested that ketene dimerization, the phenolic pool and the condensation reaction between ketene and MO are the probable mechanism routes for AA conversion. Aldol condensation, Michael addition, cracking, isomerization and ketene formation are the presumable pathways for MO conversion over HZSM‐5.     

Thermal degradation of polyethylene and polystyrene from the packaging industry over different catalysts into fuel-like feed stocks

Thermal degradation of waste polymers was carried out as a suitable technique for converting plastic polymers into liquid hydrocarbons, which could be used as feed stock materials. The catalytic degradation of waste plastics (polyethylene and polystyrene) was investigated in a batch reactor over different catalysts (FCC, ZSM-5 and clinoptillolite). The effects of catalysts and their average grain size on the properties of main degradation products (gases, gasoline, diesel oil) are discussed. The temperature range of 410-450 °C was used in the process. Both equilibrium FCC catalyst and natural clinoptilolite zeolite catalyst had good catalytic activity to produce light hydrocarbon liquids, and ZSM-5 catalyst produced the highest amount of gaseous products. Gases and liquids formed in cracking reactions were analyzed by gas chromatography. The liquid products consisted of a wide spectrum of hydrocarbons distributed within the C₅-C₂₈ carbon number range depending on the cracking parameters. The composition of hydrocarbons had linear non-branched structure in case of polyethylene, while from polystyrene more aromatics (ethyl-benzene, styrene, toluene, and benzene) were produced. The yields of volatile products increased with increasing degradation temperature. The olefin content of liquids was measured with an infrared technique and an olefin concentration of 50-60% was observed. The concentration of unsaturated compounds increased with decreasing temperature, and in the presence of catalysts. The activation energies were calculated on the basis of the composition of volatile products. The apparent activation energies were decreased by catalysts and catalyst caused both carbon-chain and double bond isomerisation.     

Transformation of Bio-oil into BTX by Bio-oil Catalytic Cracking

Production of benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX) from bio-oil can provide basic feedstocks for the petrochemical industry. Catalytic conversion of bio-oil into BTX was performed by using different pore characteristics zeolites (HZSM-5, HY-zeolite, and MCM-41). Based on the yield and selectivity of BTX, the production of aromatics decreases in the following order: HZSM-5>MCM-41>HY-zeolite. The highest BTX yield from bio-oil using HZSM-5 reached 33.1% with aromatics selectivity of 86.4%. The reaction conditions and catalystcharacterization were investigated in detail to make clear the optimal operating parameters and the relation between the catalyst structure and the production of BTX.     

Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Concentrations in the Baltic Sea Area

Abstract

During a marine research expedition in 1983 in the Baltic Sea area air samples were collected for the analysis of several organic and inorganic pollutants. The aim of the expedition was to obtain information on the airborne load in the sea as well as to measure the concentrations of the pollutants far away from source areas. In this paper the background concentrations of the primarily traffic originated aromatic hydrocarbons benzene, toluene and xylenes will be presented.

The concentrations of benzene were from 0.2 to 2μg/m³, of toluene between 0.4–3μg/m³, of m-xylene 0.02–0.60μg/m³ while the concentrations of o-xylene were 0.01–0.1 μg/m³. The concentrations did not depend too much on the origin (continental/sea type) of the air masses. A weak minimum in the concentrations of the measured hydrocarbons was noticed in the central Baltic Sea area. When comparing lead concentrations in fine particles (< 2.5 μm) with those of benzene, toluene and m-xylene some coincidence between them could be observed.     

Ethanol conversion to aromatic hydrocarbons over several zeolite catalysts

Summary H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al₂ = 29) zeolite showed especially high activity in the conversion of ethanol to BTX (benzene, toluene, xylenes), while other zeolites exclusively formed ethylene. Noble metal catalysts supported on H-ZSM-5 (29) zeolite have high activity for the formation of BTX. Of these, Au/H-ZSM-5 catalyst can partially inhibit carbon deposition during the reaction, thus maintaining constant catalytic activity for BTX formation.     

Use of silver trifluoroacetate together with lanthanide shift reagents for simplification of 1H NMR spectra of aromatic hydrocarbons

The equimolar mixtures of typical lanthanide shift reagents such as Eu(fod)₃, Pr(fod)₃ or Yb(fod)₃ with silver trifluoroacetate, previously used to induce paramagnetic shifts in the ¹H NMR spectra of alkenes, have been successfully applied to simple aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes. In benzene and p-xylene the signals of all the aromatic protons are shifted identically. In other substituted benzenes the magnitude of the induced shift depends on the distance between the proton and the substituents. In addition, the different behaviour of the signals of the methyl groups in meta-and para-xylene on the addition of the complex shift reagent allows the quantitative analysis of the two xylenes in their mixtures.     

低硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛上C4烃的催化裂解反应

以低硅铝比(n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3)=20-45)的ZSM-5分子筛为催化剂, 研究了混合C4烃的催化裂解反应, 并对不同硅铝比的ZSM-5分子筛进行了酸性表征. 混合C4烃的催化裂解反应结果表明, 低硅铝比的ZSM-5分子筛具有较高的低温催化活性, 高硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛催化剂上乙烯和丙烯的收率高于低硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛催化剂, 低硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛上苯和甲苯的收率高于高硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛催化剂. 在反应温度为625 ℃时, 硅铝比为20的ZSM-5分子筛催化剂上乙烯、丙烯、苯和甲苯的总收率可达79.42%. 酸性表征结果表明, 硅铝比低的ZSM-5分子筛具有更多的Bronsted(B)酸酸量、Lewis(L)酸酸量及总酸酸量, 这是低硅铝比ZSM-5分子筛具有低温高活性及高的苯和甲苯收率的原因.     

Solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for determination of monoaromatic hydrocarbons in blood and urine: Application to people exposed to air pollutants

Summary To assess individual exposure to monoaromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes-BTEX) in biological fluids, a GC-MS method was developed. Headspace sampling of BTEX was by solidphase microextraction (SPME) with a 75 μm Carboxenpolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fiber. Linearity was established for concentrations up to 50 μg L⁻¹. Detection limits, calculated both in human blood and urine, ranged 5–10 ng L⁻¹. Repeatability was in the range 6.5–9.2% for all compounds. The method was applied to the evaluation of the internal dose of BTEX in a group of cyclists running for 2 h within city routes. Benzene and toluene in blood, and toluene and xylenes in urine significantly increased after exercise as compared to prerun values, such changes being consistent with airborne concentrations. The combination of SPME with GC-MS seems to represent an appropriate analytical approach to detect changes in the concentration of monoaromatic hydrocarbons in biological media resulting from exposure to environmental pollution.     

Kinetics of hydrogenation of 1-hexene in the presence of aromatic hydrocarbons on palladium sulfide catalyst

Conclusions A kinetic study has been made of 1-hexene hydrogenation on palladium sulfide catalyst at atmospheric pressure in the presence of benzene, toluene, or xylenes, and a kinetic model of the process has been established, according to which the aromatic hydrocarbons retard the reaction as a consequence of adsorptive displacement. The isomerization of hexene (double bond shift) under hydrogenation conditions proceeds at a considerably higher rate than does the hydrogenation.When hydrogen is replaced by deuterium, kinetic isotope effects are observed in both the hydrogenation and the isomerization; this indicates that hydrogen participates in the slow stages of both reactions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1243–1248, June, 1982.     

纳米HZSM-5催化剂催化烃类转化反应

制备了纳米(20~50 nm)HZSM-5催化剂, 用XRF, TEM和NH3-TPD等手段对催化剂进行了表征. 以正辛烷及苯和正辛烷混合物的转化为模型反应, 研究了单烃和混合烃在纳米HZSM-5催化剂上的转化行为, 考察了反应条件对产物分布的影响. 结果表明, 纳米HZSM-5沸石催化剂具有很强的烃类转化能力, 烃类通过芳构化、 异构化和烷基化等反应转化为高辛烷值的异构烷烃和芳烃, 产物中异构烷烃(C4~C6)和芳烃的质量分数超过90%. 直链烷烃转化为芳烃以生成苯环为主, 混合烃转化为芳烃以苯和小分子烃的烷基化为主. 控制反应条件可抑制苯和C+9芳烃的生成. 产物分析结果表明, 烃类在纳米HZSM-5催化剂上的裂解、芳构化和异构化等遵循正碳离子机理.     

Rapid hydrocarbon analysis using a miniature rectilinear ion trap mass spectrometer

A miniature ion trap mass analyzer was applied to the analysis of traces of hydrocarbons and simple heteroatomics in the vapor phase and in aqueous solution. Vapors of acetone, acetic acid, acetonitrile, benzene, butanethiol, carbon disulfide, hexane, dichloromethane, naphthalene, toluene and xylenes were detected and quantified using solid sorbent trapping and, in some cases, by passage through a membrane interface. Aqueous solutions of benzene, toluene, xylenes, hexane and a petroleum naphtha distillate were examined using the membrane interface. Sampling, detection and identification of all compounds was completed in times of less than one minute. The gas-phase samples of toluene and benzene were detected at 200 ppt (limit of detection, LOD) for toluene and 600 ppt for benzene. Identification of benzene and xylene in aqueous solutions was readily achieved with LODs of 200 and 400 ppb, respectively. Quantification over a linear dynamic range of two orders of magnitude for the aqueous samples and three orders of magnitude for the vapor-phase samples was demonstrated.     

Reactions ofN-pentafluorophenylcarbonimidoyl dichloride with aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of aluminum chloride

N-Pentafluorophenylcarbonimidoyl dichloride reacts with aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, xylenes, and mesitylene) in the presence of AlCl₃ to give stableN-pentafluorophenylbenzimidoyl chlorides, which can further react with aromatic hydrocarbons to give azomethine derivatives. An increase in the number of methyl groups in the molecule of a hydrocarbon favors the reaction.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1605–1611, September, 1993.     

Design and Development of Zeolite-Based Catalytic Processes for Aromatics Production

Processes for the production of xylenes, which occur in an integrated aromatic complex, are discussed. A brief overview of the work carried out at Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited for the development of zeolite-based catalytic processes for the production of aromatics is presented. This includes xylene isomerization, transalkylation and disproportionation of C₇ and C₉ aromatics for maximization of xylenes, selective disproportionation of toluene and selective alkylation of mono-alkylaromatics to p-dialkylbenzene. Achievements in the commercialization of zeolite-based catalysts and processes for isomerization of m-xylene to p- and o-xylene along with dealkylation of ethylbenzene, and for selective ethylation of ethylbenzene to produce p-diethylbenzene are highlighted.     

Catalytic transformation of methane over in-loaded ZSM-5 zeolite in the presence of ethene

Methane is shown to react with ethene over In-loaded ZSM-5 to higher hydrocarbons such as propene and toluene at around 673 K. Such methane conversion is not catalyzed by proton-exchanged ZSM-5 (H-ZSM-5) under the same conditions, only C2H4 being converted to higher hydrocarbons. By using 13C-labeled methane (13CH4) as a reactant, the reaction paths for the formation of propene, benzene and toluene were examined. 13C-labeled propene (13CC2H6) is formed by the reaction of 13CH4 with C2H4. The lack of 13C-labeled benzene revealed that propene is not transformed to benzene, which instead originates entirely from C2H4. The 13C atom is inserted both into the methyl group and benzene ring in the toluene formed. This indicates that toluene is formed by two reaction paths; the reaction of 13CC2H6 with butenes formed by the dimerization of C2H4 and the reaction of benzene with 13CH4. The existence of the latter path was proved by the direct reaction of 13CH4 with benzene. The reaction of methane with benzene was also carried out in a continuous flow system over In-loaded ZSM-5. The reaction afforded 7.6% and 0.9% yields of toluene and xylenes, respectively, at 623 K.     

Triptycene‐Roofed Quinoxaline Cavitands for the Supramolecular Detection of BTEX in Air

Two novel triptycene quinoxaline cavitands ( DiTriptyQxCav and MonoTriptyQxCav ) have been designed, synthesized, and applied in the supramolecular detection of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in air. The complexation properties of the two cavitands towards aromatics in the solid state are strengthened by the presence of the triptycene moieties at the upper rim of the tetraquinoxaline walls, promoting the confinement of the aromatic hydrocarbons within the cavity. The two cavitands were used as fiber coatings for solid‐phase microextraction (SPME) BTEX monitoring in air. The best performances in terms of enrichment factors, selectivity, and LOD (limit of detection) values were obtained by using the DiTriptyQxCav coating. The corresponding SPME fiber was successfully tested under real urban monitoring conditions, outperforming the commercial divinylbenzene–Carboxen–polydimethylsiloxane (DVB–CAR–PDMS) fiber in BTEX adsorption.     

Analysis of BTEX, PAHs and metals in the oilfield produced water in the State of Sergipe, Brazil

During oil and gas exploitation, large amounts of produced water are generated. This water has to be analyzed with relation to the chemical composition to deduce the environmental impact of its discharge after a treatment process. Therefore, a study was carried out to evaluate preliminarily the BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals contents in produced water samples taken from effluents of the Bonsucesso treatment plant located in the city of Carmópolis, the most important oil and gas producer in the State of Sergipe, North-east of Brazil. Three methods were optimized to determine the target compounds. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were determined by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC/MS), volatile aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) by gas chromatography with photoionization detector (GC/PID) and metals were analyzed by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The results showed that concentrations of the target compounds in these samples ranged from 96.7 to 1397 μg L^− 1 for BTEX, from 0.9 to 10.3 μg L^− 1 for PAHs and from 0.003 to 4540 mg L^− 1 for metals.     

Synthesis of Cumene from Lignin by Catalytic Transformation

Cumene is an important intermediate and chemical in chemical industry.In this work,directional preparation of cumene using lignin was achieved by a three-step cascade process.The mixture aromatics were first produced by the catalytic pyrolysis of lignin at 450℃ over 1% Zn/HZSM-5 catalyst,monocyclic aromatics with the selectivity of 85.7 wt% were obtained.Then,the catalytic dealkylation of heavier aromatics resulted in benzene-rich aromatics with 93.6 wt% benzene at 600℃ over Hβ catalyst.Finally,the cumene synthesis was performed by the aromatic alkylation,giving cumene selectivity of 91.6 C-mol% using the[bmim]Cl-2AlCl₁₃ ionic liquid at room temperature for 15 min.Besides,adding a small amount of methanol to the feed can efficiently suppress the coke yield and enhance the aromatics yield.The proposed transformation potentially provides a useful route for production of cumene using renewable lignin.