Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 299-300.

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Catalytic Activity of Hβ Zeolite for Cyclohexyl Hydroperoxide Decomposition

SUN Zhiqiang, XU Jie*, DU Zhongtian, ZHANG Wei   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2006-04-25 Online:2006-04-25 Published:1984-12-26

Abstract: The transition metal free acidic zeolite Hβ has been found to be very active for the decomposition of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide. A remarkable high TOF of 181.9 h-1 was achieved with Hβ, which is almost equal to the TOF over 5%Ru/Al2O3. The total selectivity for the main products cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone reached 84.6%. The reaction temperature greatly affected the decomposition rate and product selectivity.

Key words: H&beta, zeolite, cyclohexyl hydroperoxide, decomposition, cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone