Formation of 3-buten-1-ol over metal encapsulated ZSM-5 from formaldehyde and propene: A Density Functional Theory study

Abstract

Carbonyl-ene reaction, which involves C-C bond formation, is an essential organic reaction. Here, we explained the possibility of the C-C bond formation between HCHO and propene catalyzed with Ni2+, Pd2+, and Pt2+ exchanged on ZSM-5 zeolite (metal-ZSM-5) by density functional theory. Pt-ZSM-5 exhibits a better activity than other metal-ZSM-5 reported in present work due to high charge transfer among the platinum and formaldehyde.