Dramatic promotion of copper-alumina catalysts by sodium for acetone trimerisation.

Emanuelle Ligner (1) , Frédéric Meunier (2, 3) , Arnaud Travert (4) , Sylvie Maury (1) , Nicolas Cadran (1)

1 IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles
2 IRCELYON - Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon
3 ING - IRCELYON-Ingéniérie, du matériau au réacteur
4 LCS - Laboratoire catalyse et spectrochimie

Na-promoted Cu-Al materials are efficient multifunctional catalysts for the direct conversion of gas phase acetone to diisobutyl ketone (DIBK) with unprecedented yields (up to 33 %). The Na content is a major parameter determining the stability and the catalytic performance of these materials.

Domaines: Catalyse

Emanuelle Ligner, Frédéric Meunier, Arnaud Travert, Sylvie Maury, Nicolas Cadran. Dramatic promotion of copper-alumina catalysts by sodium for acetone trimerisation.. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 4 (8), pp.2480-2483. ⟨10.1039/c4cy00440j⟩. ⟨hal-01069647⟩