文摘
The nature of the active sites and the distribution ofacidity strength of a SAPO-34 silicoaluminophosphate has been studied by FTIR spectrophotometry and bycombined calorimetry-gas chromatography of ammonia desorption. On the basis of the insitu FTIR analysis of thesurface species generated in the transformation of methanol intoolefins and of the evidence ofthe existence of oxonium ions as intermediates, a mechanism has beenproposed for the reaction,in which the oxonium ions are successively methylized by means ofpropagation reactions inthe solid phase and ethyloxonium, propyloxonium, and so forth, areformed. This mechanismis mainly conditioned by shape selectivity.