An ethoxy intermediate in ethanol dehydration on Brønsted acid sites in zeolite.
Acid-catalyzed ethanol dehydration on zeolite is shown to proceed via a covalent ethoxy group (C2H5O) as a stable intermediate, which was directly observed by IR spectroscopy.
Kondo
Junko N
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Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
Ito
Keiichi
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Yoda
Eisuke
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Wakabayashi
Fumitaka
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Domen
Kazunari
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