Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.12, 1580-1581, 2004
Formation of [Cu(eta(2)-H-2)(+) species in MFI-type zeolite and resulting H-D exchange reaction with hydrogen on Bronsted acid sites at 300 K
We examined the adsorption feature of the CuMFI sample for H-2 adsorption and found a specific interaction between Cu+ exchanged in MFI and H-2 even at 300 K, the formation of eta(2)-type H-2-adsorbed species in MFI-type zeolite; it caused H-D exchange reaction with hydrogen on Bronsted acid sites even at 300 K.