Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 711-716.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.11031

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Synthesis of Mo-HMS and Its Catalytic Performance in Liquid Epoxidation of Propylene

MIAO Yongxia*, YANG Xinli, GUO Lihong   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
  • Received:2011-10-21 Revised:2011-11-15 Online:2012-04-13 Published:2015-09-09

Abstract: Mo-HMS was synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. Its structure and surface molybdenum species were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, transmission electron microscopy, laser-Raman spectroscopy, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results show that introducing molybdenum species into HMS does not destroy the structure of HMS zeolite. There are three molybdenum species such as the isolated molybdenum species, polymolybdate species, and little crystalline MoO3 existing in the HMS support. Compared with impregnated MoO3/HMS and sol-gel MoO3/SiO2, the one-step method can lead to the decrease of crystalline MoO3 content by 39% and 61%, respectively. In the epoxidation of propylene with cumene hydroperoxide, the catalytic performance of Mo-HMS is better than that of MoO3/HMS and MoO3/SiO2, which is due to the higher dispersion of molybdenum species in Mo-HMS.

Key words: molybdenum, HMS zeolite, propylene, epoxidation, cumene hydroperoxide