ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Kinetics and Structure of Butanone Hydrogenation in the Presence of a Water Solvent

Abstract: Over 75% of all chemicals and fuels require the use of a catalyst in their generation. However, despite their ubiquity, very little is known on the atomic and molecular processes occurring on the microscopic scale, particularly in the case of heterogeneous catalysts where the reactions occur in nanoscopic pores of the material. Our previous studies showed that it was possible, using total neutron scattering, to ascertain the kinetics of a model catalytic reaction (that of benzene hydrogenation), and subsequent experiments have gone on to look at the hydrogenation of toluene and phenylacetylene. However, all these reactions were studied neat - that is, the reactant also acted as its own solvent. Here, we propose to study the hydrogenation of butanone to butanol in the presence of water, in order to reveal the kinetics and structure in the presence of a solvent.

Principal Investigator: Professor Chris Hardacre
Experimenter: Dr Andy Sederman
Experimenter: Dr Daniel Bowron
Experimenter: Dr Haresh Manyar
Experimenter: Dr Mick Mantle
Experimenter: Dr Tristan Youngs
Experimenter: Dr Sarayute Chansai
Experimenter: Dr Lyn Gladden
Experimenter: Dr Marta Falkowska
Experimenter: Mr Daniel Dervin
Experimenter: Dr Sarayute Chansai

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1510410

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1510410

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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