Interaction of acetone with ammonia and alcohols over a HZSM-5 zeolite Part 2. Ethanol

Abstract Temperature-programmed desorption accompanied by conversion (TPDC) of preadsorbed acetone was studied on a HZSM-5 zeolite with Si/Al=13.5. The reactivity of surface species created from acetone with methanol, ammonia and mixtures of these was investigated by analysing the composition of the products released (using a mass spectrometer) and the composition of the surface species (using a 13 C MAS NMR spectrometer). It was found that ammonia reacts with the carbonyl group of acetone surface species to imino carbocations in both the absence and presence of methanol, and methanol alkylates the acetone surface species whether ammonia is present or absent. The decomposition of the species created from acetone, methanol and ammonia leads to different products than the decomposition of the species formed on the zeolite either from acetone (or methanol) alone or from acetone (or methanol) and ammonia. The strong dehydrogenation function of HZSM-5 resulted in the release of acetonitrile and HCN from acetone and methanol, respectively (in the presence of ammonia), while pyridinium bases (in the presence of all 3 reactants) appeared only in trace amounts.