Affiliation: | aDelft Chem. Tech., Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands bChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Cairo, Egypt cTechnology Development Centre, ABB Lummus Global Inc., Bloomfield, NJ 07003, USA dInterfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands eLaboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia |
Abstract: | Iron (Fe)-containing mesoporous TUD-1 catalysts (denoted as Fe-TUD-1) with different Si/Fe ratios (100, 50, 20 and 10) were synthesized using triethanolamine as a template. They were characterized by XRD, elemental analysis, N2 ad/desorption measurements, HR-TEM, UV–vis, 29Si NMR, and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopies. Catalytic performance was tested in the Friedel–Crafts benzylation of benzene. Fe-TUD-1 showed excellent activity, with 100% conversion and 100% selectivity towards diphenylmethane, superior to other metal-containing TUD-1 (e.g. Ga, Sn, and Ti) or other Fe-containing mesoporous materials (e.g. Fe-MCM-41 and Fe-HMS). |