Hydrogen bonds between methanol and the light liquid olefins 1-pentene and 1-hexene: from application to fundamental science.
We have recently developed a new extraction process for significantly reducing the olefin content in commercial FCC gasoline. To gain insights into the origins of this process, we have investigated the dissolution of the light liquid olefins 1-pentene and 1-hexene in methanol through computer modelling together with NMR spectroscopy. We find two important hydrogen bonding modes for methanol olefin interactions - namely, O-Hπ and C-HO.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology - Oxford Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QR, UK. peter.edwards@chem.ox.ac.uk xiao.tiancun@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Zhaoxi
Z
Zhang
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology - Oxford Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QR, UK. peter.edwards@chem.ox.ac.uk xiao.tiancun@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Tiancun
T
Xiao
Materials Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Hamid
H
Al-Megren
Materials Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Saud A
SA
Aldrees
Materials Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad
M
Al-Kinany
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology - Oxford Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QR, UK. peter.edwards@chem.ox.ac.uk xiao.tiancun@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Vladimir L
VL
Kuznetsov
Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal. max@mail.ist.utl.pt.
Maxim L
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5729-6189
ML
Kuznetsov
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology - Oxford Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals (KOPRC), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QR, UK. peter.edwards@chem.ox.ac.uk xiao.tiancun@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Peter P
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-4402
PP
Edwards