This disclosure relates to new crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids), the compositions comprising 8 and 10 membered inorganic rings, particularly those having RTH topologies having a range of Si:Al ratios, methods of preparing these and known crystalline microporous solids using certain quaternized imidazolium cation structuring agents.

The present invention relates to a titanium silicalite molecular sieve, wherein the crystal grain of the titanium silicalite molecular sieve has a ratio of (surface Si/Ti ratio):(bulk Si/Ti ratio) being larger than 1.1 and less than 5.

The invention relates to process for the regeneration of a catalyst comprising a titanium containing zeolite as catalytically active material comprising a stage comprising introducing a feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide or a hydrogen peroxide source, and an organic solvent into a reactor containing a catalyst comprising the titanium containing zeolite, subjecting the feed stream in the reactor to epoxidation conditions in the presence of the catalyst, removing a product steam comprising propylene oxide and the organic solvent from the reactor, stopping introducing the feed stream, washing the catalyst with a liquid aqueous system and calcining the washed catalyst.

The present invention relates to a gas-phase process for the preparation of butadiene comprising (i) providing a gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol; (ii) contacting the gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol with a catalyst, thereby obtaining a gas stream G-2 comprising butadiene, wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO.sub.2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, as well as to a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO.sub.2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, wherein the zeolitic material displays a specific X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and to its use.

This disclosure relates to new crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids), the compositions comprising 8 and 10 membered inorganic rings, particularly those having CIT-7 topologies having a range of Si:Al ratios, methods of preparing these and known crystalline microporous solids using certain quaternized imidazolium cation structuring agents.

This disclosure relates to new crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids), the compositions comprising 8 and 10 membered inorganic rings, particularly those having HEU topologies having a range of Si:Al ratios, methods of preparing these and known crystalline microporous solids using certain quaternized imidazolium cation structuring agents.

A catalytic system containing a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW optionally containing zinc and containing at least one of an inorganic potassium salt and an organic potassium salt is provided. The catalyst system is useful in the preparation of propylene oxide.

A titanium silicalite molecular sieve has a micropore specific surface area of 320-500 m.sup.2/g, a micropore volume of 0.1-0.4 cm.sup.3/g, a mesopore specific surface area of 50-100 m.sup.2/g, a mesopore volume of 0.075-0.1 cm.sup.3/g, and a particle size of 100-250 nm. Its micropore specific surface area accounts for 50-90% of the total specific surface area. A catalyst contains the titanium silicalite molecular sieve carrier and is loaded with nano-gold particles. The catalyst has a micropore volume of 0.06-0.4 cm.sup.3/g and a particle size of 100-250 nm. The catalyst is prepared by subjecting the titanium silicalite molecular sieve to an alkaline treatment with an aqueous aliphatic amine solution and then loading same with nano-gold particles. The catalyst is used for an olefin epoxidation reaction, a cycloolefin epoxidation reaction, a phenol hydroxylation reaction, and a cyclohexanone ammoximation reaction.

A process for the preparation of C.sub.4 oxygenate compounds such as threose, erythrose or erythrulose starting from a composition comprising C.sub.1-3 oxygenate compounds such as formaldehyde, glycolaldehyde, glyoxal, pyruvaldehyde or acetol, wherein the process is carried out in the presence of a crystalline microporous material having a ring pore structure selected from an eight-membered ring pore structure or a ten-membered ring pore structure.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material comprising the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO.sub.2 and one or more alkenyltrialkylammonium cation R.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3R.sup.4N.sup.+-containing compounds as structure directing agent; and (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) to obtain a zeolitic material; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 independently from one another stand for alkyl; and R.sup.4 stands for alkenyl, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.