Acidic and redox properties are two important aspects of metal oxide catalysts for selective oxidation reactions. Various methods have been used to characterize these properties, of which the isopropanol conversion is...Acidic and redox properties are two important aspects of metal oxide catalysts for selective oxidation reactions. Various methods have been used to characterize these properties, of which the isopropanol conversion is a useful probe reaction that can give qualitative information. It is well known that acidicsites catalyze the dehydration of isopropanol to propylene and basic sites catalyze the dehydrogenation of isopropanol to acetone.展开更多
文摘Acidic and redox properties are two important aspects of metal oxide catalysts for selective oxidation reactions. Various methods have been used to characterize these properties, of which the isopropanol conversion is a useful probe reaction that can give qualitative information. It is well known that acidicsites catalyze the dehydration of isopropanol to propylene and basic sites catalyze the dehydrogenation of isopropanol to acetone.