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A series of bifunctional bimetallic PtCu/H[Al]ZSM5-type catalysts was prepared and acetone transformation was carried out over them at 160 °C, 1 atm, acetone/hydrogen molar ratio=3, and WHSV (weight of reactant injected per weight of catalyst per hour) ranging between 9.4 and 38 h−1. According to the results, as copper atomic fraction (X(Cu)) increases in the bimetallic catalyst, propane formation rate decreases and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) formation rate increases until X(Cu) equals 0.40. These results suggest that active metallic centers for the olefin double bond hydrogenation in the α-β unsaturated ketone, which leads to the MIBK formation, do not appear to be those hydrogenating the acetone carbonyl double bond to form propane. When X(Cu)>0.40, MIBK formation rate considerably decreases, meaning that practically all platinum metallic centers have been passivated for those copper atomic fractions over the PtCu/H[Al]ZSM5-type catalyst. Therefore, catalysts begin to act only by means of the acid function, and as a result a logical increase in the mesityl oxide (MO) concentration occurs, a substance that is formed by means of an acid catalysis.
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Melo, L., Velásquez, D., Llanos, A. et al. Acetone Transformation over PtCu/H[Al]ZSM5 Catalysts. Effect of Copper Content. Catalysis Letters 78, 57–63 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014997016472
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