title: Determination of toluene hydrogenation kinetics with neutron diffraction.
abstract: Total neutron scattering has been used to follow the hydrogenation of toluene-d8 to methylcyclohexane-d14 over 3 wt% platinum supported on highly ordered mesoporous silica (MCM-41) at 298 K and under 150 mbar D2 pressure. The detailed kinetic information so revealed indicates that liquid reorganisation inside pores is the slowest step of the whole process. Additionally, the results were compared with the reaction performed under 250 mbar D2 pressure as well as with toluene-h8 hydrogenation using D2 at 150 mbar.
authors.affiliation: STFC ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK. tristan.youngs@stfc.ac.uk and CenTACat, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, BT9 5AG, UK. c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falkowska
authors.affiliation: CenTACat, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, BT9 5AG, UK. c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sarayute
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chansai
authors.affiliation: CenTACat, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, BT9 5AG, UK. c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Haresh G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Manyar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK.
authors.forename: Lynn F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gladden
authors.affiliation: STFC ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK. tristan.youngs@stfc.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Bowron
authors.affiliation: STFC ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK. tristan.youngs@stfc.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Tristan G A
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Youngs
authors.affiliation: CenTACat, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, BT9 5AG, UK. c.hardacre@qub.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardacre