Qiaoxia Guo

Synthesis and characterization of multi-active site grafting starch copolymer initiated by KMnO4 and HIO4/H2SO4 systems.

A novel initiator system containing KMO4, HIO4, and H2SO4 for synthesizing grafting starch copolymers is reported. In this system, KMnO4 was used to oxidize the primary hydroxyl group to aldehyde group of glucose in the starch, and the formed aldehyde group reacted with Mn(4+), Mn(3+) to afford starch free radical. At the same time HIO4 perform as the oxidant to open the C2C3 bond of glucose ring in starch to form two more aldehyde groups, and then two more free radicals are generated. As a result one glucose unit could provide ultimately three active sites for starch grafting reaction. Graft copolymers with a higher grafting ratio and grafting efficiency could be obtained by using the composite initiation system than the KMnO4/H2SO4 initiation system. The grafting of polyacrylamide onto the corn starch backbone was confirmed by viscometry, elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.

Unstable-Fe-site-induced formation of mesopores in microporous zeolite Y without using organic templates

A novel organic template-free strategy for generating mesoporosity in Y zeolites is reported. It is revealed that Fe(3+) functioned as unstable sites in the Fe-NaY zeolite, which promotes deferrization-dealumination, leading to enhanced formation of intra-crystalline mesopores as well as desirable interconnectivity. The mesopore-enriched zeolite exhibits a remarkable ability in conversion of the bulky substrate.

Catalytic performances of Al-ITQ-13 zeolites with different SiO 2 /A1 2 O 3 ratios in the conversion of methanol to propene

Abstract Al-ITQ-13 zeolites with different SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios were synthesized by using seeds in the gel and characterized by XRD, SEM, N2 physisorption, MAS NMR and NH3-TPD. The effect of SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio on the catalytic performance of Al-ITQ-13 in the conversion of methanol to propene (MTP) was investigated in a fixed-bed micro-reactor. The results showed that the Al-ITQ-13 zeolites with different SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios are similar in their textural properties; however, the amount and strength of acid sites decrease with the increase of SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio. Moreover, the SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio has a significant influence on the catalytic behavior of Al-ITQ-13 in MTP. As the hydrogen transfer and aromatization reactions were suppressed over the Al-ITQ-13 zeolite with high SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio, with the increase of SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio, the selectivity to propene and butene is increased at the expense of the selectivity to propene; that is, with the increase of SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio from 137 to 309, the selectivity to propene is increased from 46.04% to 55.52% and meanwhile, the propene/ethene ratio is increased from 3.39 to 6.57.