Mechanistic Studies on HZSM5 Catalyzed Polypropylene Glycol Conversion to Propanal
摘要
Theoretical studies are conducted to see mechanistic pathways for catalyst-free and catalytic polypropylene glycol (PG) transformation to propanal (PA). Based on the computational analysis, it is determined that HZSM5 supported PO to AC transformation activation energy is 14.4 kcal lower than the catalyst-free route. Computations show that the HZSM5 Al atom geometry is converted from tetrahedral to penta-coordination, which plays a crucial role in the catalytic effectiveness.