Nature Communications (Nov 2022)
Charge-separation driven mechanism via acylium ion intermediate migration during catalytic carbonylation in mordenite zeolite
Abstract
The tremendous application of carbonylation reaction requires the elaborate explanation to reaction mechanism. Here the authors propose a charge-separation driven mechanism of methyl acetate formation via acylium ion intermediate in mordenite zeolite by an integrated reaction/diffusion kinetics model during the dimethyl ether carbonylation.