Syntheses, characterization and catalytic reactivities of heteropolyanion-pillared clay of anions of Zn-Al type

Mono-substituted Keggin ions PW11O39Cr(H2O)4 , PW11TiO403 and PW11VO404 were intercalated between the layers of the clay of anions of Zn-Al type using the ion exchange method to obtain a new type of pillared layered microporous materials ZnAl-PW11Cr, ZnAl-PW11Ti and ZnAl-PW11V with basal spacing (1.48±0.02) run. On the basis of the MAS NMR results of 27A1 and 31P, a steric pillared layered structure model of orientation localization of PW11VO40,4- in the orientation in which the C2 axis of PW11VO404-is perpendicular to the host layer. It has been found that this kind of pillared layered microporous materials possess a higher catalytic activity for the esterification of acetic acid with n-butanol than H-type molecular sieves.