Synthesis of zeolite EU-13 from a reaction mixture containing tetramethylammonium compound

Claim 1

A method of making a crystalline zeolite material, designated EU-13 having a molar composition (in terms of mole ratios of oxides) expressed by the formula: 0.8 to 3.0 R 2 O:Y 2 O 3 :at least 10 XO 2 :0 to 2000 H 2 O wherein R is a monovalent cation or (1/n) of a cation of valency n, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron and H 2 O is water of hydration additional to water notionally present when R is H, and having an X-ray powder diffraction pattern as set out in Table 1 (as determined by standard technique using copper Kα radiation) and as shown in FIG. 1, which comprises reacting an aqueous mixture containing sources of at least one oxide XO 2 , at least one oxide Y 2 O 3 and a tetramethylammonium compound, the reaction mixture having the molar composition: XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 in the range 20 to 120 M 1 OH/XO 2 in the range 0.04 to 1.0 H 2 O/XO 2 in the range 10 to 100 A/XO 2 in the range 0.01 to 0.5 M 2 Z/XO 2 in the range 0 to 0.5 wherein each of M 1 and M 2 represents an alkali metal selected from potassium, rubidium, lithium and caesium, ammonium or hydrogen, A represents the tetramethylammonium compound and Z represents a strong acid radical.

Claim 2

A method of making a crystalline zeolite material, designated EU-13 having a molar composition (in terms of mole ratios of oxides) expressed by the formula: 0.8 to 3.0 R 2 O:Y 2 O 3 :at least 10 XO 2 :0 to 2000 H 2 O wherein R is a monovalent cation or (1/n) of a cation of valency n, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium or boron and H 2 O is water of hydration additional to water notionally present when R is H, and having an X-ray powder diffraction pattern as set out in Table 1 (as determined by standard technique using copper Kα radiation) and as shown in FIG. 1, which comprises reacting an aqueous mixture containing sources of at least one oxide XO 2 , at least one oxide Y 2 O 3 and a tetramethylammonium compound, the reaction mixture having the molar composition: XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 in the range 20 to 120 M 1 OH/XO 2 in the range 0.04 to 1.0 H 2 O/XO 2 in the range 10 to 100 A/XO 2 in the range 0.01 to 0.5 M 2 Z/XO 2 in the range 0 to 0.5 wherein each of M 1 and M 2 represents an alkali metal selected from potassium, rubidium, lithium and caesium, ammonium or hydrogen, A represents the tetramethylammonium compound and Z represents a strong acid radical.

Claim 6

A method of making the crystalline zeolitic material designated EU-13 which comprises reacting an aqueous mixture containing sources of at least one oxide XO 2 , at least one oxide Y 2 O 3 and a tetramethylammonium compound, the reaction mixture having the molar composition: XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 in the range 20 to 120 M 1 OH/XO 2 in the range 0.04 to 1.0 H 2 O/XO 2 in the range 10 to 100 A/XO 2 in the range 0.01 to 0.5 M 2 Z/XO 2 in the range 0 to 0.5 wherein M 1 and M 2 represent rubidium, A represents tetramethylammonium, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium and boron and Z represents a strong acid radical.

Claim 7

A method of making the crystalline zeolitic material designated EU-13 which comprises reacting an aqueous mixture containing sources of at least one oxide XO 2 , at least one oxide Y 2 O 3 and a tetramethylammonium compound, the reaction mixture having the molar composition: XO 2 /Y 2 O 3 in the range 20 to 120 M 1 OH/XO 2 in the range 0.04 to 1.0 H 2 O/XO 2 in the range 10 to 100 A/XO 2 in the range 0.01 to 0.5 M 2 Z/XO 2 in the range 0 to 0.5 wherein M 1 and M 2 represent rubidium, A represents tetramethylammonium, X is silicon and/or germanium, Y is one or more of aluminium, iron, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, manganese, gallium and boron and Z represents a strong acid radical.