Abstract This invention is a method for producing an acidic catalyst product which may be used for hydrocarbon conversion reactions and a method for reacting hydrocarbons employing such catalyst product. The method comprises the step of contacting the perfluorinated polymersulfonic acid with a mixture of the anion-stabilizing agent and its corresponding anhydride, the stabilizing agent being a fluorinated carboxylic acid. The composite catalyst has a significantly higher Bronsted acidity than the perfluorinated polymersulfonic acid. When the catalyst composite is used to catalyze the alkylation of toluene with 1-hexene, for example, the rate of alkylation is from about 20 to 30 times greater than using the perfluorinated polymersulfonic acid alone.
A method of producing a catalyst composite of a perfluorinated-polymersulfonic acid and and anion-stabilizing agent comprising contacting the perfluorinted-polymersulfonic acid with a mixture of the stabilizing agent and its anhydride the stabilizing agent being a fluorinated carboxylic acid.
Claim 2
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A method of producing a catalyst composite of a perfluorinated-polymersulfonic acid and and anion-stabilizing agent comprising contacting the perfluorinted-polymersulfonic acid with a mixture of the stabilizing agent and its anhydride the stabilizing agent being a fluorinated carboxylic acid.
Claim 3
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The method of claim 1 wherein the anion-stabilizing agent is selected from the group consisting of C 2 -C 6 fluorinated carboxylic acids.
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The method of claim 2 wherein the anion-stabilizing agent has 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
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The method of claim 3 wherein the anion-stabilizing agent is polyfluorinated.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the anion-stabilizing agent is trifluoroacetic acid.
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The method of claim 1 including the additional step of adding at least one other anion-stabilizing solvent to the composite.
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The method of claim 6 wherein at least one other anion-stabilizing agent is a fluorinated alcohol.
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The method of claim 7 wherein the fluorinated alcohol is hexafluoroisopropanol.
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The method of claim 1 wherein said perfluorinated polymersulfonic acid is represented by either of the formulae: ##STR2## wherein the ratio of x over y varies from 2 to 50 and m is 1 or 2.
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The method of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of anion-stabilizing agent to perfluorinated polymersulfonic acid is from 0.1 to 1 to 5.0 to 1.