Volume 43, Issue 46 pp. 6377-6381
Communication

In Situ Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Styrene Oxidation over TS-1 Zeolites

Jianqin Zhuang Dr.

Jianqin Zhuang Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, GCC/Z–M301, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

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Gang Yang

Gang Yang

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

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Ding Ma Dr.

Ding Ma Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK, Fax: (+44) 117-925-1295

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Xijie Lan

Xijie Lan

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

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Xiumei Liu

Xiumei Liu

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

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Xiuwen Han Prof.

Xiuwen Han Prof.

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

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Xinhe Bao Prof. Dr.

Xinhe Bao Prof. Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China

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Ulrich Mueller Dr.

Ulrich Mueller Dr.

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, GCC/Z–M301, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

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First published: 23 November 2004
Citations: 59

Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank Dr. R. Hong and X. Ruan for helpful discussions and K. Perkin for his kind help in composing this paper.

Graphical Abstract

Competing reactions, not consecutive processes, are the oxidation of styrene to styrene epoxide and the formation of phenylacetaldehyde (PADH). In situ NMR and EPR spectroscopic analysis of styrene oxidation on TS-1 zeolite (see picture) demonstrated that Brønsted acid sites provide the active centers needed to transform an intermediate hemiacetal species into PADH.

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