“…-exchanged zeolite Y is well established efficient heterogeneous catalysts in industrial processes 1 and they have been extensively studied for the following applications: the epoxidation of styrene 2 and -pinene, 3 the disproportionation of CO, 4 the hydrodesulfurization reaction, 5 the reduction of NO, 6 the oxidation of benzyl alcohol 7,8 and methylene chloride and carbon tetrachloride, 9 the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol 10 and cyclohexene, 11 the ammoxidation of ethane, 12 the decomposition of N 2 O, 13 and the dehydration of ethanol. 14 To develop better Co 2+ catalysts, the positions, occupancies, and environments of Co 2+ ions in zeolites are of great interest in understanding their catalytic properties.…”