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Formaldehyde Oligomerization on Silicalite: An FTIR and NMR Study

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Upon adsorption of formaldehyde onto silicalite, hydrogen-bonded adducts are formed between the (slightly acidic) SiOH groups of the purely siliceous zeolite and formaldehyde, as seen by using both FTIR and 1H-NMR spectroscopies. These species then evolve to form polymerization products of the type –(CH2O) n –. On the contrary, when silicalite is contacted with trioxane hydrogen-bonded adducts are formed, but no polymerization ensues.

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  1. Departamento de Química, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Ctra. Valldemossa, Km 7.5, E-07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    F.X. Llabrés i Xamena & C. Otero Areán

  2. Polimeri Europa, S.p.A., Centro Ricerche Novara “Istituto G. Donegani”, Via G. Fauser 4, I-28100, Novara, Italy

    S. Spera & E. Merlo

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Università di Torino, Via P. Guiria, 7, I-10125, Turin, Italy

    A. Zecchina

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Xamena, F.L.i., Areán, C.O., Spera, S. et al. Formaldehyde Oligomerization on Silicalite: An FTIR and NMR Study. Catalysis Letters 95, 51–55 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CATL.0000023721.90964.e2

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