Effect of acidity on the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolites in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde

YE Yu-ling; FU Meng-qian; CHEN Hong-lin; ZHANG Xiao-ming

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YE Yu-ling, FU Meng-qian, CHEN Hong-lin, ZHANG Xiao-ming. Effect of acidity on the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolites in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2020, 48(3): 311-320.

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YE Yu-ling, FU Meng-qian, CHEN Hong-lin, ZHANG Xiao-ming. Effect of acidity on the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolites in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2020, 48(3): 311-320.

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Effect of acidity on the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolites in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde

YE Yu-ling^{1, 2, 3},
FU Meng-qian^{1, 3},
CHEN Hong-lin^{1
,
,},
ZHANG Xiao-ming¹

1.
Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
2.
College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
3.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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The project was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China 2018YFB0604902

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Corresponding author: CHEN Hong-lin, E-mail: hlchen@cioc.ac.cn
Received Date: 2020-01-20
Rev Recd Date: 2020-03-09

Available Online: 2021-01-23

Publish Date: 2020-03-10

Abstract

Abstract

ZSM-5 zeolite is considered as an effective catalyst in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde. In this work, a series of ZSM-5 zeolites with different SiO₂/Al₂O₃ molar ratios were used in the synthesis of trioxane from formaldehyde; through characterization by XRF, XRD, SEM, NH₃-TPD, Py-FTIR and ²⁷Al MAS NMR, the effect of acidity including the Brønsted and Lewis acid sites on the catalytic performance of ZSM-5 zeolites in the trioxane synthesis was investigated. The results indicate that the ZSM-5-250 zeolite with a SiO₂/Al₂O₃ molar ratio of 250 exhibits excellent catalytic performance in the synthesis of trioxane. The ZSM-5-250 zeolite owns sufficient amount of Brønsted acid sites which are active for the synthesis of formaldehyde to trioxane; meanwhile, it has few Lewis acid sites and can then effectively inhibit various side-reactions like the Cannizzaro or Tishchenko reactions. Moreover, the ZSM-5-250 zeolite displays high stability with a single-pass lifetime of 114 h and can be regenerated easily through calcination at 550℃.
- trioxane,
- ZSM-5 zeolite,
- formaldehyde,
- acidity,
- Brønsted acid,
- Lewis acid

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