title: Direct observation of unstable intermediate species in the reaction of trans-2-butene on ferrierite zeolite by picosecond infrared laser spectroscopy.
abstract: The reaction dynamics of trans-2-butene adsorbed to acidic hydroxyl groups on the surface of ferrierite zeolite is examined by time-resolved spectroscopy using a tunable infrared picosecond pulse laser system. The transient absorption spectra measured by a two-color pump-probe technique at 188-243 K reveal bleaching and hot bands of the OD stretching mode 2 ps after excitation. This vibrationally excited state relaxes within 20 ps at 188 K, while the bleaching band includes a long-lifetime component that lasts for more than 100 ps at 243 K. Thus, the OD (isotope-exchanged hydroxy groups) stretching band does not entirely recover in this period and is mirrored by an analogous weakening of the CH bending band of the adsorbed trans-2-butene. Simultaneously, three new bands in CH stretching region were observed at 3045, 3095, and 3130 cm(-1). This result suggests the presence of a short-lived intermediate formed by reaction between the acidic hydroxyl groups and adsorbed trans-2-butene.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishizawa
authors.forename: Junko N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Akihide
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Domen