G. Diaz et al., HYDROGENOLYSIS OF METHYLCYCLOPENTANE AND ISOMERIZATION OF 2-METHYLPENTANE OVER WELL CHARACTERIZED SILICA-SUPPORTED PLATINUM-RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS, Applied catalysis. A, General, 124(1), 1995, pp. 33-46
The hydrogenolysis of methylcyclopentane and the isomerization of 2-me
thylpentane were studied over Pt-Ru bimetallic catalysts prepared usin
g either H2PtCl6 and RuCl3 (Series A) or from Pt(NH3)(4)(NO3)(2) and R
u(NH3)(6)Cl-3 (Series B). Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS)
studies showed that the catalysts prepared using the amine precursors
were 100% bimetallic. Image defocussing studies suggest that approxima
tely 20% of the particles prepared using the chloride precursors were
monometallic, At temperatures at which only ruthenium is active (413 K
), the formation of C-1 to C-5 products was depressed over Pt-Ru bimet
allic clusters, Tertiary-secondary carbon-carbon bond cleavage approac
hes that observed for ruthenium while secondary-secondary carbon-carbo
n bond cleavage is closer to that observed for platinum, The isomeriza
tion of 2MP at 493 K is representative of Pt-Ru activated dual sites s
ince platinum is inactive at this temperature and ruthenium leads to e
xtensive degradation of the molecule. The contribution of the cyclic m
echanism was obtained using C-13 labelled species. A synergistic effec
t was observed for the catalysts prepared using amine precursors. This
is explained by considering an increase in the number of PtRu dual su
rface sites.