US 11,932,546 B2
Modified zeolites that include hafnium-containing organometallic moieties and methods for making such
Robert Peter Hodgkins, Dhahran (SA); Omer Refa Koseoglu, Dhahran (SA); Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Thuwal (SA); Kuo-Wei Huang, Thuwal (SA); Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Thuwal (SA); Manoj K. Gangwar, Thuwal (SA); and Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Thuwal (SA)
Assigned to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (SA); and Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA); and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (SA)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,963.
Application 18/101,963 is a division of application No. 17/231,191, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,591,230.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174383 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 29/04 (2006.01); B01J 29/40 (2006.01); B01J 35/02 (2006.01); B01J 35/10 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); B01J 37/16 (2006.01); C01B 39/02 (2006.01); C01B 39/40 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 39/40 (2013.01) [B01J 29/405 (2013.01); B01J 35/023 (2013.01); B01J 35/1061 (2013.01); B01J 35/1066 (2013.01); B01J 37/0203 (2013.01); B01J 37/16 (2013.01); C01B 39/026 (2013.01); C01P 2002/70 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2002/86 (2013.01); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2004/62 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2006/16 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for making a modified zeolite, the method comprising:
dehydroxylating an initial zeolite to from a dehydroxylated zeolite, wherein dehydroxylating the initial zeolite comprises heating the initial zeolite at a temperature of 650° C. to 1100° C. and at a pressure of less than 10−2 mbar;
reacting an organometallic chemical with the dehydroxylated zeolite, wherein the dehydroxylated zeolite comprises a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm, wherein the microporous framework comprises at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms, and wherein the dehydroxylated zeolite comprises isolated terminal silanol functionalities comprising hydroxyl groups bonded to silicon atoms of the microporous framework;
wherein the reacting of the organometallic chemical with the dehydroxylated zeolite forms the modified zeolite comprising organometallic moieties each bonded to an oxygen atom of the modified zeolite, wherein the organometallic moiety comprises a portion of the organometallic chemical; and
wherein the organometallic chemical comprises hafnium.