Reaction process involving capillary condensation within a microporous catalyst

US11795122B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Research Triangle Institute · US
• The University of the Basque Country · ES

Inventors

• Iker Aguirrezabal · Темневкий пруд, US
• Ignacio Luz Minguez · Durham, US
• Mustapha Soukri · Raleigh, US
• Marty Lail · Темневкий пруд, US
• Pedro Luis Arias · Темневкий пруд, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2531/22
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Described herein is a catalytic reaction process including introducing one or more gas-phase reactants into a reactor comprising a microporous catalyst having a pore size less than or equal to 2 nm and adjusting the temperature and/or the pressure of the reactor such that one or more of the gas-phase reactants condense within the micropores of the catalyst thereby causing the catalytic reaction to take place in a liquid phase. Additionally, a process for engineering defects on a carboxylate-based metal organic framework (MOF) catalyst is described. The process includes providing a carboxylate-based MOF catalyst; and heating the carboxylate-based MOF catalyst in an inert gas atmosphere at temperatures between about 150° C. and about 900° C.