| Affiliation: | 1. Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR 8180 CNRS, Université de Versailles, 45 Avenue des Etats Unis, 78035 Versailles cedex (France);2. Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6, Bd Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen (France);3. PSA Peugeot Citro?n—Direction Scientifique et Technologies Futures. DSTF/SEPC/STEP, Route de Gisy, 78943 Velizy‐Villacoublay cedex (France);4. Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, 3001 Leuven (Belgium);5. Catalysis Center for Molecular Engineering, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Jang‐dong 100, Yuseong, Daejeon 305‐600 (South Korea);6. Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440‐476 (South Korea);7. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier UMR 5253 CNRS, UM ENSCM, Université Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05 (France) |
| Abstract: | The synthesis of the commercially available aluminum fumarate sample A520 has been optimized and its structure analyzed through a combination of powder diffraction, solid‐state NMR spectroscopy, molecular simulation, IR spectroscopy, and thermal analysis. A520 is an analogue of the MIL‐53(Al)‐BDC solid, but with a more rigid behavior. The differences between the commercial and the optimized samples in terms of defects have been investigated by in situ IR spectroscopy and correlated to their catalytic activity for ethanol dehydration. |
