ZnLaZrSi oxide systems prepared with a silica component of the different nature have been studied in 1,3-butadiene production from aqueous ethanol. The following silica materials were used: KSKG, A-175, A-380, SBA-15, MCM-41, MCM-48, MCF and dealuminated BEA zeolites. The characteristics of the porous structure of the silica support, such as porosity, pore size distribution, specific and external surface areas, were found not to be critical parameters for achieving a high 1,3-butadiene yield during the EtOH-H 2 O mixture conversion in the presence of ZnLaZrSi oxide catalysts. On the contrary, the quantity and strength of Lewis acid sites, which in turn differ depending on the choice of silica material, have a significant impact on 1,3-butadiene selectivity and yield. The highest values of the selectivity of 1,3-butadiene formation (up to 68 %) and yield as well as stability toward deactivation in the presence of H 2 O were achieved over ZnLaZr-KSKG, ZnLaZr-SBA-15 and ZnLa-Zr 1 SiBEA (with mononuclear isolated tetrahedral Zr(IV) species). The productivity of ZnLa-Zr 1 SiBEA catalyst accounts for 0.324 g 1,3-BD •g cat -1 •h -1 (T = 648К, WHSV = 2.88 h -1 , 80 vol% EtOH in water as an EtOH source). The main reason for the decrease in 1,3-butadiene yield in the presence of H 2 O in the reaction mixture was shown to be a deactivation of acetaldehyde condensation sites on the catalyst surface, while the rate of acetaldehyde formation decreases slightly. According to 1 H-13 C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopic results, the use of aqueous ethanol as the feed for ETB-process is very advantage to prevent the carburization of the catalysts.= 2.88 h -1 , 80 vol% EtOH in water as an EtOH source). Therefore, for industrial realization of ETB process the development of the effective catalysts based on dealuminated BEA zeolites is also promising.
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29Si and 1 H -29 Si CP MAS NMR spectra of ZnLa-Zr 3 SiBEA sample, SEM images of the ZnLaZrSi samples at three magnifications, the indices of EtOH-water mixture conversion in the presence of ZnLaZrSi oxide systems, the indices of ETB process in the presence of 2 %ZnO/6 %ZrO 2 -KSKG (DOCX).