Effect of Support on Metathesis of n-Decane: Drastic Improvement in Alkane Metathesis with WMe5 Linked to Silica-Alumina

Manoja Samantaray, Raju Dey, Edy Abou-Hamad, Ali Imad Ali Hamieh, Jean-Marie Basset

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Abstract

[WMe6] (1) supported on the surface of SiO2-Al2O3(500) (2) has been extensively characterized by solid-state NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and gas quantification, which clearly reveal the formation of a mixture of monopodal and bipodal species with the migration of methyl from W to Al. The supported species SiO2-Al2O3(500) (2) transformed at 120°C into two types of carbynic centers, one of which is cationic and the other neutral. These species are very efficient for the metathesis of n-decane. Comparison with already-synthesized neutral bipodal tungsten indicates that the high increase in activity is due to the cationic character of the grafted tungsten.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6100-6106
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume21
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 11 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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