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Isomerization ofn-butane on sulfated zirconia: Evidence for the dominant role of Lewis acidity on the catalytic activity

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The catalytic activity of a ZrO2/SO4 catalyst in the isomerization ofn-butane at 423 K is reversibly suppressed by addition of CO. IR analysis of the adsorption of CO indicates that the only σ-coordination of CO onto coordinatively unsaturated surface Zr4+ cations occurs in the 300–473 K interval.

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Pinna, F., Signoretto, M., Strukul, G. et al. Isomerization ofn-butane on sulfated zirconia: Evidence for the dominant role of Lewis acidity on the catalytic activity. Catal Lett 26, 339–344 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00810607

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