Dehydrocyclization of n-Hexane over Heteropolyoxometalates Catalysts.docVIP

Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, 2013, 3, 82-92 /10.4236/aces.2013.31010 Published Online January 2013 (/journal/aces) Dehydrocyclization of n-Hexane over Heteropolyoxometalates Catalysts Abdellah Eid , Ouarda Benlounes , Hikmat S. Hilal , Chérifa Rabia , Smain Hocine 1 1 2 3 1 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et de Genie Chimique, Universite Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria Laboratory of Semiconductor and Solar Energy Research, Chemistry Department, An-Najah N. University, Nablus, Palestine Laboratoire de Chimie du Gaz Naturel, Institut de Chimie USTHB, Alger, Algeria Email: abed_eed@ 2 3 Received December 7, 2012; revised January 9, 2013; accepted January 15, 2013 ABSTRACT The catalytic dehydrocyclization of n-hexane was studied here for the first time using a number of compounds based on H PMo O . The described catalysts were prepared by either replacing the acidic proton with counter-ions such as 3 12 40 ? 4 3+ ), or by replacing Mo with (Ni , Co , Mn ) in the poly- + 6+ 3+ 3+ 3+ ammonium or transition metal cations ( NH , Fe , K oxometalate framework, as reported earlier. For comparison purposes, the known (TBA) PW O39 catalyst system was 7 11 used. All reactions were conducted at different temperatures in the range 200?C - 450?C. The Keggin structure of these heteropolycompounds was ascertained by XRD, UV and IR measurements. P NMR measurements and thermal be- 31 haviour of the prepared catalysts were also studied. These modified polyoxometalates exhibited heterogeneous super- acidic catalytic activities in dehydrocyclization of n-hexane into benzene, cyclohexane, cyclohexene and cyclohexadi- ene. The catalyst