Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction

Marta Falkowska; Sarayute Chansai; Haresh G. Manyar; Lynn F. Gladden; Daniel T. Bowron; Tristan G. A. Youngs; Christopher Hardacre

doi:10.1039/C6CP01494A

Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction†

Marta Falkowska,^ab Sarayute Chansai,^b Haresh G. Manyar,^b Lynn F. Gladden,^c Daniel T. Bowron,^a Tristan G. A. Youngs*^a and Christopher Hardacre*^b

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^a STFC ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon, UK
E-mail: tristan.youngs@stfc.ac.uk

^b CenTACat, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, UK
E-mail: c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk

^c Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK

Abstract

Total neutron scattering has been used to follow the hydrogenation of toluene-d₈ to methylcyclohexane-d₁₄ over 3 wt% platinum supported on highly ordered mesoporous silica (MCM-41) at 298 K and under 150 mbar D₂ pressure. The detailed kinetic information so revealed indicates that liquid reorganisation inside pores is the slowest step of the whole process. Additionally, the results were compared with the reaction performed under 250 mbar D₂ pressure as well as with toluene-h₈ hydrogenation using D₂ at 150 mbar.

$Graphical abstract: Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction$

This article is part of the themed collection: Neutron Scattering in Catalysis and Energy Materials

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP01494A
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 03 Mar 2016
Accepted: 29 Mar 2016
First published: 29 Mar 2016
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 17237-17243

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Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction

M. Falkowska, S. Chansai, H. G. Manyar, L. F. Gladden, D. T. Bowron, T. G. A. Youngs and C. Hardacre, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 17237 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP01494A

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Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction†

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