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Ethylene Oligomerization to Select Oligomers on Ni‐ETS‐10
Author(s) -
Thakkar Jay,
Yin Xinyang,
Zhang Xueyi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201800650
Subject(s) - microporous material , ethylene , catalysis , alkene , selectivity , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
The oligomerization of short alkenes (ethylene and propylene) can be used for producing commodity chemicals. Various catalysts have been used for alkene oligomerization, among which ordered microporous catalysts are thermally and mechanically stable and are already established for large‐scale industrial applications. In this work, we demonstrate ethylene oligomerization reaction on a microporous titanosilicate ETS‐10 (Engelhard Titanosiliate‐10) exchanged with Ni 2+ (Ni‐ETS‐10). We demonstrate a template‐free and fluoride‐free ETS‐10 synthesis method that does not produce impurities commonly seen in hydrothermal ETS‐10 synthesis. Ni‐ETS‐10 showed high C 2 conversion rate, high selectivity to C 4 and high stability comparing to other microporous catalysts investigated in this work for ethylene oligomerization reaction.