In situ Determination of Brønsted/Lewis Acidity on Cation-Exchanged Clay Mineral Surfaces by ATR-IR

Abstract Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy has been used to determine the nature of acid sites present in Na+-, Ni2+- and Al3+-exchanged montmorillonite using the diagnostic base, pyridine. The pyridine additions were performed in situ at 25℃ in the presence of liquid benzene or deuterated 1,4-dioxan to ascertain whether the acidity profile was influenced by the presence of either the non-polar or oxygenated solvent. Pyridine treated Ni2+-montmorillonite exhibited absorption bands characteristic of Lewis bound base in both benzene and deuterated 1,4-dioxan indicating that the Lewis acid sites were present at low temperature and were accessible in both solvents. The presence of a strong 1537 cm-1 band in pyridine-saturated Al3+-montmorillonite confirmed that this clay acted as a Brønsted acid in benzene. However, this diagnostic band was significantly reduced in the presence of deuterated 1,4-dioxan.

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