Provided is AEI zeolite having a uniform acid strength of an appropriate degree. AEI zeolite comprising phosphorus, preferably AEI zeolite comprising phosphorus in the pores, and a method for producing AEI zeolite comprising a crystallization step of crystallizing a raw material mixture containing a tetraethylphosphonium cation.

The invention relates to a method of preparing SAPO-56, (AFX) using a lower alkyl amine, preferably trimethylamine, and a 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane derivative, preferably comprising either 1,4-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)butyl cations or 1,5-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)pentyl cations, as structure directing agents (SDAs). A lower alkyl ammonium hydroxide, such as tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), can be used to control the pH. The invention also relates to SAPO-56 comprising a lower alkyl amine, such as trimethylamine, and a 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane derivative, such as a compound comprising either 1,4-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)butyl cations or 1,5-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane) pentyl cations.

The present application provides a method for preparing acetal carbonyl compound used as a mediate for producing ethylene glycol, which comprises a step in which a raw material acetal and a raw gas carbon monoxide go through a reactor loaded with a catalyst containing an acidic microporous silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve, for carrying out a carbonylation reaction. In the method of the present invention, the conversion rate of the raw material acetal is high, and the selectivity of acetal carbonylation is high, and the catalyst life is long, and no additional solvent is needed in the reaction process, and the reaction condition is relatively mild, and the process is continuous, showing the potential for industrial application. Moreover, the product of acetal carbonyl compound can be used for producing ethylene glycol by hydrogenation followed by hydrolysis.

Provided is a method for producing a transition-metal-containing silicoaluminophosphate that is highly suitable as a catalyst or an adsorbent and has excellent high-temperature hydrothermal durability and excellent water resistance, that is, excellent durability against water submersion (water-submersion durability), in a simple and efficient manner. A method for producing a transition-metal-containing zeolite, the method comprising a steam treatment step in which a transition-metal-containing zeolite is stirred at 710 C. or more and 890 C. or less in the presence of water vapor, the transition-metal-containing zeolite containing a transition metal in a zeolite having a framework structure including silicon atoms, phosphorus atoms, and aluminium atoms.

Disclosed herein is a copper-supported zeolite containing a zeolite having a framework structure including silicon atoms, phosphorus atoms, and aluminum atoms, and copper supported on the zeolite, wherein the copper-supported zeolite satisfies (1) to (3): (1) an amount of copper (in terms of copper atoms) supported on the copper-supported zeolite is 1.5% by weight or more and 3.5% by weight or less, (2) the copper-supported zeolite has an UV-Vis-NIR absorption intensity ratio of less than 0.35 as determined by a formula (I) below: Intensity (22,000 cm.sup.?1)/Intensity (12,500 cm.sup.?1) . . . (I), and (3) a silicon atom content of the copper-supported zeolite satisfies a formula (II) below: 0.07?x?0.11 . . . . (II) where x represents a ratio of the number of moles of the silicon atoms to the total number of moles of the silicon atoms, the aluminum atoms, and the phosphorus atoms contained in the framework structure of the copper-supported zeolite.

A crystalline material contains oxygen, aluminum and phosphorus, and has powder X-ray diffraction peaks shown below. When the peak at 2=14.170.2 is used as the reference peak and the intensity of the reference peak is set to 100, for example, the relative intensity of the peak at 2=8.650.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=9.990.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=16.520.2 is 5 to 80. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=17.370.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=21.810.2 is 10 to 80.

A crystalline material contains oxygen, aluminum and phosphorus, and has powder X-ray diffraction peaks shown below. When the peak at 2=14.170.2 is used as the reference peak and the intensity of the reference peak is set to 100, for example, the relative intensity of the peak at 2=8.650.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=9.990.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=16.520.2 is 5 to 80. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=17.370.2 is 1 to 15. The relative intensity of the peak at 2=21.810.2 is 10 to 80.

Zeolitic materials with modified surface composition, crystal structure, crystal or particle size, and/or porosity, methods for making the same, and methods for converting oxygenates to olefins using the same are provided herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for reducing a surface silicon content of a silicon-containing zeolitic material is provided that includes providing a silicon-containing zeolitic material; and contacting the silicon-containing zeolitic material with a modifying solution comprising one or more of an amine, an alcoholamine, and an amino acid. In this embodiment, the contacting occurs under conditions suitable for the modifying solution to reduce a surface silicon content, increase the porosity, and/or decrease an average crystal or particle size of the silicon-containing zeolitic material.

A preparation method for a metal-modified SAPO molecular sieve is disclosed, characterized in adding a raw powder of the SAPO molecular sieve to a solution containing metal ions for performing ion exchange, and then washing and drying the obtained solid after ion exchange, so as to obtain the metal-modified SAPO molecular sieve. The metal-modified SAPO molecular sieve prepared has a relatively high degree of crystallinity, and the metal elements occupy the ionic positions in the channels and/or cages of the SAPO molecular sieve, and the metal-modified SAPO molecular sieve shows excellent catalytic performance in the catalytic reaction.

The invention discloses a method for the pervaporation and vapor-permeation separation of a gas-liquid mixture or a liquid mixture by a SAPO-34 molecular sieve membrane prepared in a dry gel process, comprising: 1) synthesis of SAPO-34 molecular sieve seeds; 2) coating the SAPO-34 seeds on a porous support; 3) preparation of a mother liquor for dry gel synthesis of SAPO-34 molecular sieve membrane; 4) supporting the mother liquor for dry gel synthesis on the porous support coated with SAPO molecular sieve seeds and drying; 5) placing the porous support prepared in step 4) into a reaction vessel, adding a solvent, performing crystallization of the dry gel; 6) calcining; 7) using the SAPO-34 molecular sieve membrane obtained from step 6) to perform separation of a gas-liquid mixture or a liquid mixture by a process of pervaporation separation or vapor-permeation separation. The invention has the advantages of very high methanol selectivity and permeation flux, lowering synthesis cost of molecular sieve membrane and lowering environment pollution.