STUDIES ON THE SYNTHESIS OF ETS-10 .2. USE OF ORGANIC TEMPLATES

ETS-10 has been synthesized using titanosilicate gels and organic temp lating agents such as choline chloride [OHCH2CH2(CH3)(3)N+Cl-] and the bromide salt of hexaethyl diquat-5 [Br-(C2H5N+(CH2N+(C2H5Br-]. The in fluences of temperature and concentration of the ingredients on the ki netics of synthesis are reported. Physicochemical characterizations of the samples have been carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scannin g electron microscopy (SEM), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, nuclear magne tic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and differential thermogravimetric an alysis (DTA)/thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and adsorption of water , n-hexane and mesitylene. The catalytic activities of H-ETS-10 in the dehydration of n-butanol and in the isomerization of m-xylene and 1,3 ,5-trimethylbenzene are reported.