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"Ab initio" synthesis of zeolites for preestablished catalytic reactions

Gallego-Sánchez, Eva María; Portilla Ovejero, Mª Teresa; Paris-Carrizo, Cecilia Gertrudis; Leon Escamilla, Efigenio Alejandro; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Moliner Marin, Manuel; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017)

[EN] Unlike homogeneous catalysts that are often designed for particular reactions, zeolites are heterogeneous catalysts that are explored and optimized in a heuristic fashion. We present a methodol. for synthesizing ...
A heterogeneous mechanism for the catalytic decomposition of hydroperoxides and oxidation of alkanes over CeO2 nanoparticles: A combined theoretical and experimental study

López Auséns, Javier Tirso; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Chouzier, Sandra; Mastroianni, Sergio; Corma Canós, Avelino (Elsevier, 2016)

[EN] A nanoparticulate CeO2 catalyst is presented that is able to oxidize cyclohexane to K/A-oil (a mixture of cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol) using hydroperoxides as oxidizing species. The improvement in selectivity with ...
A new molecular pathway allows the chemoselective reduction of nitroaromatics on non-noble metal catalysts

Millán-Cabrera, Reisel; Liu, Lichen; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (Elsevier, 2018-08)

[EN] At difference with noble metals, the oxophylic character of non-noble metals strongly facilitates the rupture of the N-O bonds in nitrobenzene, yielding nitrosobenzene as primary reaction intermediate. By combining ...
A reciclable bifuctional acid-base organocatalyst with ionic liquid character. The role of sites separation and spatial configuration on different condensation reaction

Corma Canós, Avelino; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Climent Olmedo, María José; Iborra Chornet, Sara; Montón Molina, Raquel; Sabater Picot, Mª José (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011)

A series of bifunctional organic catalysts containing acid and basic sites with ionic liquid characteristics have been prepared and their catalytic activity and reaction coordinate for aldol and Knoevenagel condensations ...
Accelerated crystallization of zeolites via hydroxyl free radicals

Feng, G.; Cheng, P; Yan, W.; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Li, X; Su, J.; Wang, J.; Li, Y.; Corma Canós, Avelino; Xu, R; Yu, J. (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016)

[EN] In the hydrothermal crystallization of zeolites from basic media, hydroxide ions (OH-) catalyze the depolymerization of the aluminosilicate gel by breaking the Si, Al-O-Si, Al bonds and catalyze the polymerization of ...
Aerobic epoxidation of propene over silver (111) and (100) facet catalysts

Pulido Junquera, Maria Angeles; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (Academic PressElsevier, 2012-08)

Catalytic performance of single-crystal Ag(100) and Ag(111) catalysts for propene oxidation has been investigated by means of Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, and the energy profile has been obtained at the DFT-D ...
Ammonia-Containing Species Formed in Cu-Chabazite As Per In SituEPR, Solid-State NMR, and DFT Calculations

Moreno González, Marta; Hueso Fuentes, Beatriz; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Blasco Lanzuela, Teresa; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Chemical Society, 2015-03-19)

Nowadays, the most attractive technology for the elimination of nitric oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel vehicles is the selective catalytic reduction with ammonia (NH3-SCR-NOx) using Cu zeolite with the chabazite ...
Carbonylation of Methanol on Metal Acid Zeolites: Evidence for a Mechanism Involving a Multisite Active Center

Blasco Lanzuela, Teresa; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Corma Canós, Avelino; Law, David; Vidal Moya, José Alejandro (John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
Chemical and Structural Parameter Connecting Cavity Architecture, Confined Hydrocarbon Pool Species, and MTO Product Selectivity in Small-Pore Cage-Based Zeolites

Ferri-Vicedo, Pau; Li, Chengeng; Paris, Cecilia; Vidal Moya, José Alejandro; Moliner Marin, Manuel; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Chemical Society, 2019-12-06)

[EN] The catalysts used in the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) reaction are considered dual systems comprising an inorganic zeolite framework and organic compounds hosted inside that act as cocatalysts. The influence of zeolite ...
Combined theoretical and spectroscopic mechanistic studies for improving activity and selectivity in heterogeneous catalysis

Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia (Elsevier, 2017-05-01)

[EN] By combining theoretical modelling, in situ spectroscopy and kinetic studies it is possible to understand, at the molecular level, the role that the different types of active centres co-existing on real heterogeneous ...
Computational study of heterogeneous catalytic systems. Kinetic and structural insights from Density Functional Theory

Millan Cabrera, Reisel (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-02-19)

[ES] En este trabajo estudiamos dos reacciones catalíticas relevantes para la industria y la localización del anión fluoruro en la zeolita RTH, sintetizada en medio fluoruro. El capítulo 3 es el primer capítulo de resultados, ...
Confined Pt-1(1+) Water Clusters in a MOF Catalyze the Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction with both CO2 Oxygen Atoms Coming from Water

Rivero-Crespo, Miguel Ángel; Mon, Marta; Ferrando-Soria, Jesus; Lopes, Christian W.; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Leyva Perez, Antonio; Corma Canós, Avelino; Hernandez-Garrido, Juan carlos; López-Haro, Miguel; Calvino, Jose J.; Ramos-Fernandez, Enrique V.; Armentano, Donatella; Pardo, Emilio (John Wiley & Sons, 2018-12-21)

[EN] The synthesis and reactivity of single metal atoms in a low-valence state bound to just water, rather than to organic ligands or surfaces, is a major experimental challenge. Herein, we show a gram-scale wet synthesis ...
Control of the Reaction Mechanism of Alkylaromatics Transalkylation by Means of Molecular Confinement Effects Associated to Zeolite Channel Architecture

Margarit Benavent, Vicente Juan; OSMAN, MOGAHID; Al-Khattaf, Sulaiman; Martínez, Cristina; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Chemical Society, 2019-07-05)

[EN] Transalkylation of alkylaromatics catalyzed by acid zeolites is a process widely employed in the petrochemical industry for upgrading aromatic fractions. The reaction mechanism is complex as it can proceed either by ...
Design and Synthesis of the Active Site Environment in Zeolite Catalysts for Selectively Manipulating Mechanistic Pathways

Li, Chengeng; Ferri-Vicedo, Pau; Paris, Cecilia; Moliner Marin, Manuel; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Chemical Society, 2021-07-21)

[EN] By combining kinetics and theoretical calculations, we show here the benefits of going beyond the concept of static localized and defined active sites on solid catalysts, into a system that globally and dynamically ...
Effect of the C-alpha substitution on the ketonic decarboxylation of carboxylic acids over m-ZrO2: the role of entropy

Oliver-Tomás, Borja; Gonell-Gómez, Francisco; Pulido, Angeles; Renz, Michael; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)

[EN] The kinetics of the ketonic decarboxylation of linear and branched carboxylic acids over m-ZrO2 as a catalyst has been investigated. The same apparent activation energy is experimentally determined for the ketonic ...
Elucidation of the Interaction Mechanism between Organic Chiral Cages with Biomolecules through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Theoretical Studies

Saez-Ferre, Sara; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Cantin Sanz, Angel; Rey Garcia, Fernando; Oña-Burgos, Pascual (American Chemical Society, 2018-07-26)

[EN] A multinuclear NMR has been carried out to elucidate the mechanism of action of CC3-R box-type chiral materials for the separation of enantiomers, supported by theoretical calculations. The potential of these materials ...
Enhanced Stability of Cu Clusters of Low Atomicity against Oxidation. Effect on the Catalytic Redox Process

Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; García García, Saray; Fernández-Villanueva, Estefanía; Corma Canós, Avelino (American Chemical Society, 2017)

[EN] By a combination of theoretical modeling and XPS and SERS spectroscopic studies, it has been found that it is possible to stabilize metallic copper species under oxidizing reaction conditions by adjusting the atomicity ...
Evidence of a Cu2+-Alkane Interaction in Cu-Zeolite Catalysts Crucial for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with Hydrocarbons

Moreno González, Marta; Palomares Gimeno, Antonio Eduardo; Chiesa, Mario; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Giamello, Elio; Blasco Lanzuela, Teresa (American Chemical Society, 2017)

[EN] The selective catalytic reduction of NOx with hydrocarbons (HC-SCR-NOx) on Cu-zeolites is an alternative for the depletion of NOx present in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The role played by copper and the general ...
Exceptional oxidation activity with size-controlled supported gold clusters of low atomicity

Corma Canós, Avelino; Concepción Heydorn, Patricia; Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Sabater Picot, Mª José; Navas Escrig, Javier; Yacaman, Miguel José; Larios, Eduardo; Posadas, Álvaro; López Quintela, M. Arturo; Buceta, David; Mendoza, Ernest; Guilera, Gemma; Mayoral, Álvaro (Nature Publishing Group, 2013-09)

[EN] The catalytic activity of gold depends on particle size, with the reactivity increasing as the particle diameter decreases. However, investigations into behaviour in the subnanometre regime (where gold exists as small ...
Factors Controlling the Acidity of Zeolites

Boronat Zaragoza, Mercedes; Corma Canós, Avelino (Springer Verlag, 2015-01)

Most industrial applications of zeolites as catalysts rely on their Bronsted acidity properties. However, neither quantifying acid strength in solids nor correlating acidity with catalytic activity is straightforward. The ...