Direct synthesis of Cu-CHA by means of combining a Cu complex and tetraethylammonium and applications in catalysis

• Main Authors: Martin Garcia, Nuria, Moliner Marín, Manuel, Corma Canós, Avelino
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.06.2020
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a process for the direct synthesis of a material with a CHA zeolite structure in the silicoaluminate form thereof containing copper atoms, which comprises at least the following steps: (i) Preparation of a mixture which contains at least one water source, one copper source, one polyamine, one source of Y tetravalent element, one source of X trivalent element, the tetraethylammonium cation as the only OSDA and one source of alkaline or alkaline earth (A) cations, and wherein the synthesis mixture has the following molar composition: €ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒ€ƒYO 2 : a X 2 O 3 : b OSDA : c A : d H 2 O : e Cu : f polyamine (ii) Crystallization of the mixture obtained in (i) in a reactor; (iii) Recovery of the crystalline material obtained in (ii).