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The field of pillared clays has recently expanded by discoveries of new pillaring species, and extensions of the pillaring concept to several new layered materials, including micas, silicic acids, zirconium phosphates and layered metal hydroxides. Pillaring in various sheet materials has been done with clusters of cations, anions and neutral molecules, resulting in a new compositional versatility. Pillared layered materials now represent a rapidly expanding category of catalytic microporous materials having a high degree of chemical and structural diversity. S i n c e t h e f i r s t commercial announcements o f P i l l a r e d I n t e r l a y e r e d C l a y s (PILC) i n 1979 ( 1 ) . much i n t e r e s t has f o c u s e d on these m a t e r i a l s as p o t e n t i a l s o u r c e s o f new m a t e r i a l s i n s o r p t i o n , s e p a r a t i o n s and c a t a l y s i s . I n t h i s r e v i e w I w i l l attempt t o summarise some o f t h e r e c e n t developments t h a t c o n t i n u e t o make PILCs an e x c i t i n g and o p p o r t u n i s t i c r e s e a r c h a r e a f o r t h e p e t r o l e u m oriented industries. These developments c a n c o n v e n i e n t l y be d i v i d e d i n t o the f o l l o w i n g areas:

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I n t h e sense t h a t much academic PILC r e s e a r c h i s i n d u s t r y - s p o n s o r e d , o n l y t h e f i r s t group may be v i e w e d as n o t b e i n g c l o s e l y i n t e r t w i n e d w i t h a p p l i c a t i o n s - b o t h i n d i r e c t i o n and e x e c u t i o n . Indeed, t h e r e seems t o be l i t t l e d e l a y between t h e d i s c o v e r y o f new PILC m a t e r i a l s and t h e i r e v a l u a t i o n as c a t a l y s t s . The o r i g i n a l o b j e c t i v e s i n d e v e l o p i n g PILCs - t h e c a t a l y t i c p r o c e s s i n g o f heavy r e s i d u a l crude o i l s t o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n f u e l s (2.3) - c o n t i n u e s t o be t h e main f o c u s o f t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l developments i n t h e f i e l d . This r e f l e c t s not only a dearth o f a l t e r n a t i v e c a t a l y s t s i n t h i s important a p p l i c a t i o n , b u t a l s o a c o n v i c t i o n t h a t they do r e p r e s e n t a major

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p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n t o the d i f f i c u l t c a t a l y t i c p r o b l e m o f e f f i c i e n t l y c o n v e r t i n g heavy, m e t a l l a d e n , crude o i l s t o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n f u e l s . PILCs e s s e n t i a l l y f i l l the p o r e s i z e - a c t i v i t y gap between z e o l i t e s and the l a r g e r p o r e amorphous g e l c a t a l y s t s . The s t i m u l u s t o c r e a t e new c o m p o s i t i o n s i s t o meet s e v e r a l major p e r c e i v e d needed improvements t o make PILCs e f f e c t i v e commercial f l u i d c r a c k i n g c a t a l y s t s (FCC):



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L a r g e r s p a c i n g s between t h e c l a y s h e e t s ( t o accommodate l a r g e ' r e s i d ' m o l e c u l e s ) H i g h e r t h e r m a l and steam s t a b i l i t y (so a s t o s u r v i v e FCC r e g e n e r a t i o n ) . B u i l d novel c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y into the p i l l a r (to expand p r o c e s s a p p l i c a t i o n s ) .

D e s p i t e t h i s apparent f o c u s , new m a t e r i a l s and new m a t e r i a l s c o n c e p t s a r e d e v e l o p i n g r a p i d l y , and i t i s p r o b a b l y o n l y a m a t t e r o f time b e f o r e b r o a d e r a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e d i s c o v e r e d and d e v e l o p e d f o r PILCs i n b o t h s e p a r a t i o n s and c a t a l y s i s . There a r e many p r o c e s s e s o t h e r t h a n FCC ( a l k y l a t i o n , i s o m e r i s a t i o n e t c . ) t h a t do n o t r e q u i r e any o f the above improvements, and i n such a p p l i c a t i o n s PILCs r e p r e s e n t h i g h s u r f a c e area s o l i d s having unique s t r u c t u r e s . In some c a s e s , however, i t must be n o t e d t h a t the p o r e s i n PILCs may be too l a r g e f o r h i g h s p e c i f i c i t y i n many s m a l l m o l e c u l e p e t r o c h e m i c a l processes. ZSM-5 and r e l a t e d s t r u c t u r e s have become s u c c e s s f u l c a t a l y s t s because they have pore s t r u c t u r e s o f 5 t o 6À - a r e l a t i v e l y r e s t r i c t e d environment which s i g n i f i c a n t l y a f f e c t s the c a t a l y t i c t r a n s i t i o n s t a t e s o r d i f f u s i o n modes, c r e a t i n g n o v e l selectivities. PILCs w i l l be more u s e f u l where the r e a c t a n t s a r e s u b s t i t u t e d m u l t i - r i n g a r o m a t i c s o r n a p t h e n i c m o l e c u l e s , too l a r g e to e f f i c i e n t l y r e a c t i n c o n v e n t i o n a l z e o l i t e s . H y d r o c r a c k i n g and dewaxing a r e the most p r o b a b l e a r e a s o f i n i t i a l a p p l i c a t i o n s g i v e n the p r e s e n t s t a t u s o f PILC s t a b i l i t y . For the p r e s e n t , the c a t a l y s t and p e t r o l e u m p a t e n t l i t e r a t u r e r e m a i n the major s o u r c e s o f new i n f o r m a t i o n and developments. Two r e v i e w s p r o v i d e a background f o r t h i s paper ( 4 . 5 ) . New

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S t u d i e s o f the s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t r y o f p o t e n t i a l p i l l a r i n g s p e c i e s a r e o f major i n t e r e s t i n PILC s t u d i e s , b u t have o n l y r e c e n t l y a c h i e v e d the l e v e l o f o b s e r v i n g s p e c i f i c s p e c i e s i n s o l u t i o n p r i o r t o , d u r i n g , and a f t e r p i l l a r i n g ( 6 ) . Although s o l u t i o n NMR methods o f f e r the o p p o r t u n i t y f o r A l , S i and Zr polymer d e f i n i t i o n , and have been demonstrated f o r s p e c i f i c A l (7.8) and S i (9-11) c a s e s , t h e s e s t u d i e s a r e l a r g e l y t o p i c s f o r f u t u r e r e s e a r c h . E x a m i n a t i o n o f a comprehensive t e x t on m e t a l s p e c i e s i n s o l u t i o n , such as r e f e r e n c e ( 1 2 ) . and r e c e n t l i t e r a t u r e , c l e a r l y demonstrate l a r g e gaps i n our knowledge o f the d e t a i l e d n a t u r e o f complex m u l t i - a t o m i c polymers i n aqueous s o l u t i o n s i n d i c a t e d by many p o t e n t i o m e t r i c t i t r a t i o n s t u d i e s . Recent PILC developments d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s paper demonstrate t h a t i m p o r t a n t s o l u t i o n s p e c i e s e x i s t , and can be " s i z e d " by PILC s p a c i n g s and p o r e volumes, b u t s p e c i f i c and d i r e c t i n f o r m a t i o n on b o n d i n g , s t r u c t u r e and

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d i m e n s i o n a l i t y i s l a c k i n g i n most c a s e s . However, the t r e n d s have c l e a r l y been demonstrated by s e v e r a l r e c e n t s t u d i e s o f z e o l i t e p r e c u r s o r s p e c i e s i n s o l u t i o n u s i n g b o t h 2 9 g i s o l u t i o n NMR (13.14) and Raman s p e c t r o s c o p y ( 1 5 ) . I n t h e s e c a s e s s m a l l p o l y h e d r a l c l u s t e r s have been i d e n t i f i e d i n s y n t h e s e s o f z e o l i t e s A and ZSM-5, and t h e s e same t e c h n i q u e s s h o u l d be q u i t e a d a p t a b l e t o s t u d y the c h a r a c t e r o f some p i l l a r p r e c u r s o r s . As w i t h many d i f f i c u l t problems, t h i s a r e a o f s c i e n c e needs the s i m u l t a n e o u s a p p l i c a t i o n o f s e v e r a l complimentary t e c h n i q u e s t o e l u c i d a t e c l u s t e r s p e c i e s i n solution. I f s u c c e s s f u l , such an approach w i l l y i e l d s e v e r a l f a m i l i e s o f new p i l l a r e d m a t e r i a l s . Some o f the most i m p o r t a n t developments have t a k e n p l a c e i n the e l u c i d a t i o n o f new d e t a i l s o f the s t r u c t u r e o f the c l a y s t h e m s e l v e s , t o g e t h e r w i t h some i n i t i a l and p r o v o c a t i v e s t u d i e s o f the e f f e c t s o f p i l l a r i n g - a l l u s i n g v a r i o u s magic a n g l e s p i n n i n g n u c l e a r magnetic r e s o n a n c e t e c h n i q u e s (MASNMR). ^ A 1 and Si-MASNMR s t u d i e s o f c l a y s by H e r r e r o e t a l . (16) have demonstrated t h a t t e t r a h e d r a l l a y e r o r d e r i n g o f S i and A l f o l l o w s the g e n e r a l r u l e s o f A l a v o i d a n c e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f z e o l i t e s p r o p o s e d by L o e w e n s t e i n (17) and extended by M e l c h i o r e t a l . ( 1 8 ) . T h i s i m p l i e s t h a t c a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g p i l l a r i n g c a t i o n s , a r e l i k e l y t o be e v e n l y s p a c e d w i t h i n the i n t e r l a y e r space. Assuming an absence o f p i l l a r a g g l o m e r a t i o n on d e h y d r a t i o n , the o r i g i n a l assumption i s s u p p o r t e d t h a t a PILC may be r e g a r d e d as a m o l e c u l a r s i e v e h a v i n g e v e n l y spaced p i l l a r s p r o p p i n g open the l a y e r s ( 1 9 ) . An a l t e r n a t i v e model i s t h a t i n some c l a y s p i l l a r s may c l u s t e r , and p o s s i b l y i n the i n i t i a l s t a g e s o f c a l c i n a t i o n o r steaming, p i l l a r c l u s t e r i n g may be an i m p o r t a n t mechanism o f s t a b i l i z a t i o n . T h i s p a r t i c u l a r l y may a p p l y i n c l a y s where the amount o f p i l l a r s p e c i e s f i l l s the i n t e r l a y e r i n the hydrated state. As more work on PILCs i s p u b l i s h e d , i t becomes c l e a r t h a t the c l a y i t s e l f i s an i m p o r t a n t v a r i a b l e , and t h a t more t h a n one model may be needed t o e x p l a i n the e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a . 7

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The m o l e c u l a r s i e v e s o r p t i o n p r o p e r t i e s o f PILCs (19.20) i n d i c a t e z e o l i t e l i k e b e h a v i o u r as shown i n F i g u r e 1, o f t e n w i t h a sharp c u t - o f f i n m o l e c u l a r s i z e s e p a r a t i o n , b u t t h e s e experiments do n o t a d e q u a t e l y d i f f e r e n t i a t e between l a r g e r e c t a n g u l a r p o r e s (a c l u s t e r e d PILC model) and the s m a l l e r , more u n i f o r m , z e o l i t e - l i k e ( e . g . , as i n h e u l a n d i t e o r s t i l b i t e ) p o r e s thought t o be c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f PILCs i n the i s o l a t e d p i l l a r model. More s o p h i s t i c a t e d m o l e c u l a r p r o b i n g i s t h e r e f o r e needed, t o g e t h e r w i t h a n a l y s i s o f i n t e r l a y e r c a t i o n o r d e r i n g experiments, to f u r t h e r e l u c i d a t e the p i l l a r i n g models. One i n t e r e s t i n g new method o f pore a n a l y s i s d e v e l o p e d a t Exxon ( 2 1 ) . and r e c e n t l y c o m m e r c i a l i z e d , uses the v e r y low p r e s s u r e p a r t o f the s o r p t i o n i s o t h e r m t o r e s o l v e p o r e s i n the m o l e c u l a r range. A comparison o f such an a n a l y s i s f o r z e o l i t e s 5A, NaX and an A l - P I L C i s shown i n F i g u r e 2, and g i v e s a p o r e d i a m e t e r f o r the PILC l a r g e r t h a n f a u j a s i t e , b u t showing a more d i s p e r s e d pore s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n t h a n o b s e r v e d f o r the z e o l i t e s , and v e r y c l o s e t o the model p r o p o s e d f o r an A l - P I L C . Note t h a t the z e o l i t e s have pore d i a m e t e r s c l o s e t o t h e i r c r y s t a l l o g r a p h i c window dimensions i n t h i s a n a l y s i s . As the measurements were made a t 87°K and r e p r e s e n t a r e l a t i v e l y r i g i d l a t t i c e , t h e y a r e r e m a r k a b l y c l o s e to a c t u a l i t y . A t o r c l o s e t o room temperature the b r e a t h i n g modes

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UNCORR. PORE DIA. (ANG.) F i g u r e 2. A comparison o f the n i t r o g e n pore s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n a n a l y s i s f o r Ca, NaA (5A), NaX and an A l - P I L C o b t a i n e d u s i n g an Omnisorb 360 i n the p a r t i a l p r e s s u r e range o f 10~5 t o 10"3. The r e l a t i v e o r d e r o f the pore s i z e s i s i n good agreement w i t h o t h e r experiments.

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o f f a u j a s i t e i n c r e a s e the a c t u a l window d i a m e t e r t o about 8À, and i f s i m i l a r s t r u c t u r a l v i b r a t i o n a l a m p l i t u d e s a r e assumed f o r the PILC, the room temperature PILC pore d i a m e t e r would be about 9 t o 10Â v e r y c l o s e t o the p r e d i c t e d s i z e b a s e d on a u n i f o r m pore model. E x p l o r a t i o n o f the p i l l a r - c l a y s h e e t r e a c t i v i t y and c o n n e c t i v i t y a l s o i n d i c a t e the i m p o r t a n t r o l e o f the s p e c i f i c c l a y type. 27^1 and 29gi-MASNMR experiments have shown d i s t i n c t i v e d i f f e r e n c e s between p i l l a r i n g mechanisms i n t r i o c t a h e d r a l h e c t o r i t e and d i o c t a h e d r a l m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e . Whereas P l e e e t a l . (22) c o n c l u d e d t h a t c h e m i c a l c r o s s l i n k i n g may o c c u r between the p i l l a r and t e t r a h e d r a l l a y e r i n a b e i d e l l i t e m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e , P i n n a v a i a e t a l . (23) showed t h a t i t d i d n o t o c c u r i n a h e c t o r i t e . These a r e the f i r s t o b s e r v a t i o n s o f a complex p r o c e s s t h a t may depend upon s e v e r a l s t r u c t u r a l and c h e m i c a l f a c t o r s , such as s u b s t i t u t i o n o f A l i n the t e t r a h e d r a l l a y e r , o r the need f o r v a c a n c i e s i n the o c t a h e d r a l l a y e r to a l l o w r o t a t i o n o f s t r u c t u r a l u n i t s or m i g r a t i o n o f r e a c t a n t species to f a c i l i t a t e c r o s s l i n k i n g . Ongoing r e s e a r c h s h o u l d f u r t h e r e l u c i d a t e r e f i n e m e n t s on t h e s e mechanisms, and d i r e c t the t e c h n o l o g y towards more o p t i m i z e d c a t a l y s t s - presumably t h o s e which form c h e m i c a l bonds between the p i l l a r and c l a y l a y e r . New

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The s y n t h e s i s o f l a r g e s p a c i n g T1O2 PILCs i s one o f the most i m p o r t a n t r e c e n t developments, i n t h a t m a t e r i a l s h a v i n g a h i g h degree o f o r d e r i n g , w i t h about 30Â (001) b a s a l s p a c i n g s , have been reported. C l a y - a l c o h o l i n t e r c a l a t e s w i t h l a r g e r t h a n 50À b a s a l s p a c i n g s a r e known, b u t i t i s u n l i k e l y t h a t i n o r g a n i c p i l l a r e d c l a y s o f such dimensions would have e i t h e r s t a b i l i t y o r s i g n i f i c a n t i n t e r n a l f r e e volume. The 30Â PILCs o f S t e r t e (26) have h i g h s u r f a c e a r e a s , and h y d r o t h e r m a l s t a b i l i t y comparable t o Z r - P I L C s , and w i t h i n the range u s e f u l f o r FCC c a t a l y s t s . Although lowered s p a c i n g T1O2 PILCs were p r o p o s e d i n the o r i g i n a l PILC p a t e n t s (1.23.24). t o g e t h e r w i t h Z r - T i and A l - T i PILCs, p r e c i p i t a t i o n r e a c t i o n s i n h i b i t e d the development o f s i g n i f i c a n t o r d e r e d p i l l a r i n g , o r major s u r f a c e a r e a s . Sterte observed a h i g h l e v e l of o r d e r , b u t a t t h i s time no hypotheses have been advanced t o e l u c i d a t e the s t r u c t u r e o f the near-20Â t i t a n i a complexes p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n the i n t e r c a l a t i o n r e a c t i o n . I n a d d i t i o n t o 30À

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s p a c i n g PILCs, S t e r t e r e p o r t s 25À l a y e r e d m a t e r i a l s u s i n g a s m a l l e r T1O2 s p e c i e s . T h i s has a s i m i l a r b a s a l s p a c i n g t o the p r e v i o u s l y r e p o r t e d 25.5À Zr02-PILC ( 1 ) . which presumed c r o s s l i n k i n g o f the Zr4 square p l a n a r complex r e p o r t e d by C l e a r f i e l d and Vaughan (27). However, t h e r e are s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s i n the aqueous s o l u t i o n c h e m i s t r y o f the s m a l l e r t i t a n i u m c a t i o n ( r a d i u s 0.61À) compared to the z i r c o n i u m c a t i o n ( r a d i u s 0 . 7 2 À ) . I t has been r e p o r t e d t h a t the c h a i n l i k e ( T i - 0 ) 2 + c a t i o n s (e.g., as i n T1OSO4) p r e f e r not t o c r o s s l i n k i n the manner o f s i m i l a r Zr c a t i o n s (28). Yamanaka and co-workers (29) have a l s o made 25À l a y e r e d T1O2-PILCs, b u t u s i n g h y d r o l y s e d t e t r a e t h o x y t i t a n i u m complexes. These too have h i g h s t a b i l i t y and h i g h i n t e r n a l pore volume, as shown i n T a b l e I .

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may r e a c t w i t h the s h e e t s t r u c t u r e s . Preliminary evaluation of a s i m i l a r C r - A l - P I L C polymer by C a r r a d o e t a l . (32) i n d i c a t e s n o v e l reactivity. I n c o n t r a s t t o the case o f the m i c a - m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e PILC s u b s t i t u t e d w i t h N i i n the o c t a h e d r a l s h e e t ( 3 3 ) . the p i l l a r may now a l s o a c t as a r e s e r v o i r f o r c r e a t i n g c a t a l y t i c m e t a l c l u s t e r s i n the i n t e r l a y e r , l e a d i n g t o n o v e l and enhanced reactivities.

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A t t e n t i o n r e c e n t l y f o c u s e d on a wide range o f s i l i c a polymers (selsequisiloxanes) p i l l a r i n g montmorillonites ( 3 4 ) . and t h e s e can a l s o be A l ^ + s u b s t i t u t e d i n the manner d e m o n s t r a t e d by Hoebbel e t a l (9). T h i s l a r g e group o f p o t e n t i a l p i l l a r s a l s o o f f e r s the p o s s i b i l i t y o f c r e a t i n g i n t e r l a y e r s p a c i n g s comparable to those o b s e r v e d f o r T1O2. However, as i s w e l l known i n s i l i c a t e c h e m i s t r y , the s t a b i l i t y o f such m a t e r i a l s i n the p r e s e n c e o f water w i l l be r e l a t i v e l y low. T r a n s i t i o n m e t a l o x i d e p i l l a r s , f i r s t i n v e s t i g a t e d as i n t e r c a l a t e s by Yamanaka and B r i n d l e y (35.36). have r e c e i v e d renewed a t t e n t i o n by P i n n a v i a and co-workers (37.38) . who have c r e a t e d l a r g e s p a c i n g PILCs p r o p p e d by new t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l h y d r o x i d e c l u s t e r structures. I n t h e s e c a s e s , t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l s o l u t i o n s were t r e a t e d i n an manner analogous t o t h a t u s e d to make the AI13 polymer from A l s o l u t i o n s , y i e l d i n g s i m i l a r s i z e d 8-10Â s o l u t i o n s p e c i e s which p i l l a r the c l a y t o b a s a l s p a c i n g s o f o v e r 20Â. The s t r u c t u r e s o f the p i l l a r i n g s p e c i e s have n o t y e t been i d e n t i f i e d , b u t s e v e r a l p o l y m e r i c chromium h y d r o x i d e polymers have been p r o p o s e d (39.40). as shown i n F i g u r e 3. These a r e the f i r s t h i g h l y o r d e r e d , l a r g e s p a c i n g PILCs, h a v i n g i n t e r e s t i n g t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l c a t a l y s t p o s s i b i l i t i e s , i n t h a t they have h i g h v o i d volumes and m e t a l loadings. F i g u r e 3 summarizes the s t r u c t u r e s o f p o s s i b l e p i l l a r i n g s p e c i e s d e s c r i b e d above, b a s e d on known s t r u c t u r e s o f s p e c i e s p r e s e n t p r i o r t o a d d i t i o n o f the c l a y component. M u l t i p l e s o f t h e s e b a s i c u n i t s p r o b a b l y c o n s t i t u t e the a c t u a l p i l l a r s i n many c a s e s . C o a l e s c e n c e o f such c l u s t e r s i s p a r t i c u l a r l y e x p e c t e d d u r i n g c a l c i n a t i o n o r s e t t i n g o f the c l u s t e r t o form the p i l l a r , e s p e c i a l l y i n the p r e s e n c e o f low water p a r t i a l p r e s s u r e s . New

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H i t h e r t o the most s u c c e s s f u l p i l l a r i n g has been c a r r i e d out on s m e c t i t e type c l a y s . The o r i g i n a l r e s e a r c h on p i l l a r i n g i n c l u d e d s e v e r a l s e r i e s o f u n s u c c e s s f u l e x p e r i m e n t s on mica, v e r m i c u l i t e and the s h e e t s i l i c i c a c i d m i n e r a l s m a g a d i i t e , s i l h y d r i t e and kenyaite. R e c e n t l y renewed a t t e n t i o n has f o c u s e d on t h e s e and o t h e r a l t e r n a t i v e sheet s t r u c t u r e s . They i n c l u d e r e c t o r i t e , z i r c o n i u m p h o s p h a t e s , t e t r a s i l i c i c micas, h y d r o t a l c i t e s and s i l i c i c a c i d s , the g e n e r a l s t r u c t u r a l f e a t u r e s o f which a r e shown i n F i g u r e 4. R e c t o r i t e i s one o f an a l m o s t i n f i n i t e number o f randomly mixed l a y e r c l a y s (41). c o l l e c t i v e l y c a l l e d ' i l l i t e s ' , which i n c l u d e several other ordered i n t e r s t r a t i f i e d v a r i e t i e s , i n c l u d i n g c h l o r i t e , c o r r e n s i t e and a l l e v a r d i t e . R e c t o r i t e has the advantages o f a m i c a and a s m e c t i t e , i n t h a t a l t e r n a t e i n t e r l a y e r s are e x p a n d i n g and non-expanding. I t may be v i e w e d as an o r d e r e d s y n t h e t i c m i c a - m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e (SMM) i n the n o m e n c l a t u r e f a m i l i a r t o c a t a l y t i c

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F i g u r e 4. Most p i l l a r i n g has been done w i t h s m e c t i t e c l a y s . T h i s f i g u r e shows a v a r i e t y o f new s h e e t s t r u c t u r e s r e c e n t l y p i l l a r e d w i t h v a r i o u s s p e c i e s shown i n F i g u r e 3, o r r e l a t e d polymers.

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chemists. The r e s u l t i n g double s h e e t between the p i l l a r e d expanded l a y e r s i n the PILC form, g i v e s the p i l l a r e d s t r u c t u r e enhanced s t a b i l i t y , which shows up as s u p e r i o r a c t i v i t y i n c a t a l y t i c r e a c t i o n s c a r r i e d out a f t e r c a t a l y s t d e a c t i v a t i o n ( 4 2 ) . Even though the t o t a l i n t e r l a y e r v o i d volume i s t h e o r e t i c a l l y o n l y h a l f t h a t e x p e c t e d o f a f u l l y expanded and p i l l a r e d s m e c t i t e , the enhanced d e a c t i v a t i o n s u r v i v a b i l i t y o f t h a t i n t e r l a y e r compensates f o r the s m a l l e r i n i t i a l i n t e r l a y e r volume. Comparative c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t i e s , a f t e r s e v e r e d e a c t i v a t i o n , o f PILC and c o n v e n t i o n a l FCC c a t a l y s t s are shown i n F i g u r e 5, and d r a m a t i c a l l y demonstrate the improvements due t o the enhanced s h e e t s t a b i l i t y , and the p o t e n t i a l f o r t h e s e m a t e r i a l s i n FCC. The a d d i t i o n o f z e o l i t e t o such PILC c a t a l y s t s s h o u l d g i v e an even g r e a t e r enhancement i n a c t i v i t y , and added s e l e c t i v i t y c o n t r o l . These d a t a c l e a r l y demonstrate t h a t the p i l l a r may have v e r y h i g h s t a b i l i t y , and t h i s i s p r o b a b l y a n o t h e r case o f s t r o n g s h e e t - p i l l a r c o n n e c t i v i t y . I t seems h i g h l y improbable t h a t a n o n - " c r o s s l i n k e d " pillar would s u r v i v e the s t a t e d d e a c t i v a t i o n c o n d i t i o n s , and re-enforces the p r o p o s a l o f P l e e , e t a l . (22) t h a t c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n between s h e e t and p i l l a r p l a y s a major r o l e i n PILC s t a b i l i z a t i o n and catalyst survivability. P l e e e t a l . f o c u s e d t h e i r a t t e n t i o n on b e i d e l l i t e , h a v i n g a h i g h t e t r a h e d r a l Al^+ component, which has not y e t been found i n major m i n e r a l a c c u m u l a t i o n s . R e c t o r i t e i s more abundant, b u t a g a i n o c c u r s i n s m a l l d e p o s i t s . The advantages shown by p i l l a r e d r e c t o r i t e w a r r a n t a r e - e v a l u a t i o n o f some o f the p i l l a r e d s y n t h e t i c m i c a - m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e s made by G r a n q u i s t and co-workers (e.g. 43), p r e v i o u s l y i n v e s t i g a t e d f o r h y d r o c r a c k i n g (44) and h y d r o i s o m e r i z a t i o n (45). and h a v i n g the advantage o f no i r o n o x i d e admixed w i t h the c l a y - a major problem w i t h most m i n e r a l clays. A l t h o u g h e a r l y attempts to p i l l a r m a g a d i i t e , s i l h y d r i t e and k e n y a i t e w i t h Α1χ3 and Zr^ polymers f a i l e d t o demonstrate i n t e r c a l a t i o n , r e c e n t advances i n the s t r u c t u r a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e s e s h e e t s i l i c a s have shown t h a t some can be i n t e r c a l l a t e d ( 4 6 ) . These m a t e r i a l s r e p r e s e n t a l a r g e group o f r e a c t i v e hydroxylated s i l i c a s (47) o f p o t e n t i a l i n t e r e s t i n p i l l a r i n g r e a c t i o n s . I n many c a s e s the d e n s i t y o f r e a c t i v e " s u r f a c e Ό Η ' " groups i s such t h a t the d e n s i t y o f c r o s s l i n k i n g w i t h s p e c i e s such as s e l s e s q u i s i l o x a n e s w i l l produce f i l l e d i n t e r l a y e r s , and poor s o r p t i o n p r o p e r t i e s (48). P i l l a r i n g the s h e e t s i l i c i c a c i d s to produce open s t r u c t u r e s w i l l t h e r e f o r e depend on v e r y s e l e c t i v e p a r t i a l p i l l a r i n g , o r the c a p a b i l i t y o f p i l l a r i n g o n l y a few s t r u c t u r e s . One r e c e n t example using a synthetic s i l i c i c acid, of undisclosed structure, indicates s u r f a c e a r e a s i n the range o f 580 m^/gm, and p o r e s l a r g e enough to s o r b c y c l o h e x a n e i n c o p i o u s amounts ( 4 9 ) . The t e t r a s i l i c i c micas (TSM) are s y n t h e t i c expandable f l u o r o m i c a s (50) r e c e n t l y made a v a i l a b l e by Topy I n d u s t r i e s (Japan) (51). They can be e f f e c t i v e l y p i l l a r e d ( 5 2 ) . and show i n t e r e s t i n g c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y and enhanced s t a b i l i t y , a l t h o u g h n o t a t the l e v e l o f the r e c t o r i t e - P I L C . The c h e m i c a l and p h y s i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f t h i s group o f m a t e r i a l s do not y e t seem to have been o p t i m i z e d , and p r o b a b l y r e q u i r e more e x t e n s i v e s y n t h e s i s work b e f o r e the f u l l p o t e n t i a l o f TSM can be r e a l i z e d i n p i l l a r e d systems.

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F i g u r e 5. A comparison o f c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t i e s u s i n g a l i g h t c y c l e o i l o v e r d e a c t i v a t e d c a t a l y s t s b a s e d on p i l l a r e d m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e , p i l l a r e d r e c t o r i t e , NaY and an amorphous s i l i c a - a l u m i n a FCC.

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Z i r c o n i u m phosphates have been e x t e n s i v e l y i n v e s t i g a t e d as i n t e r c a l a t i o n h o s t s ( 5 3 ) . and the c a t a l y t i c p r o p e r t i e s o f some p i l l a r e d z i r c o n i u m phosphates has been r e v i e w e d by C l e a r f i e l d ( 5 4 ) . A r e c e n t S h e l l p a t e n t i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e s e m a t e r i a l s can be p i l l a r e d w i t h s e l s e s q u i s i l o x a n e s ( 5 5 ) . and t h a t they o f f e r p o t e n t i a l as c a t a l y s t systems; opening up y e t another c l a s s o f i n o r g a n i c m i c r o p o r o u s m a t e r i a l s to p e t r o c h e m i c a l and p e t r o l e u m c a t a l y s i s . The s e v e r a l new c h e m i c a l and s t r u c t u r a l systems p r o p o s e d i n r e c e n t d i s c o v e r i e s a r e summarized i n Table I I , and g r e a t l y expand on the a v a i l a b l e v e r s a t i l i t y o f PILCs.

TABLE I I Pillar (Al(13-x) x) Ali3,(All3)x A l i 3 , Zr4 (Si0 ) 15À Spaces 26,29 Active P i l l a r 35,36,37 38 N o v e l Sheet 55 Novel Sheet/chain 49 ;

Our e x p e r i e n c e w i t h s e v e r a l k i n d s o f s h e e t s t r u c t u r e s i s t h a t the s m e c t i t e s a r e the most v e r s a t i l e h o s t m a t e r i a l s , and t h a t most o t h e r c l a s s e s a r e v e r y s p e c i f i c f o r the k i n d s o f s p e c i e s t h a t w i l l p i l l a r . Colloid-Clav

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C o l l o i d - c l a y agglomerates have been r e c o g n i z e d f o r many y e a r s as o f f e r i n g n o v e l p r o p e r t i e s t h a t n e i t h e r a l o n e p o s s e s s . The s e m i - s y n t h e t i c f l u i d c r a c k i n g c a t a l y s t s o f the e a r l y 1950's were such m a t e r i a l s , c o m p r i s i n g v a r i o u s c l a y s i n a s i l i c a o r s i l i c a - a l u m i n a g e l or c o l l o i d matrix. S i m i l a r m a t e r i a l s a r e used as a m a t r i x f o r the c u r r e n t f a m i l i e s o f z e o l i t e promoted f l u i d c r a c k i n g catalysts. A l t h o u g h s e v e r a l such m a t e r i a l s have been 'lumped' w i t h PILCs, they i n f a c t r e p r e s e n t a s e p a r a t e f a m i l y o f m a t e r i a l s which a r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d by c r y s t a l l o g r a p h i c d i s o r d e r , a l t h o u g h they may i n some c a s e s show d i s t i n c t i v e sharp pore s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n s . The l a t t e r r e s u l t from u n i f o r m i t y i n the c o l l o i d o r c l a y s i z e d i s t r i b u t i o n s used i n t h e i r p r e p a r a t i o n , r a t h e r t h a n from the s p e c i f i c o r d e r e d i n t e r l a y e r i n g o f each c l a y l a y e r w i t h a u n i f o r m molecular c o l l o i d e n t i t y . The t r a n s i t i o n from f u l l o r d e r t y p i c a l o f z e o l i t e s , to f u l l d i s o r d e r as i n the c o l l o i d c l a y agglomerate system, p a s s e s through the PILC which i n v a r i a b l y has some c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f b o t h - a m a j o r i t y o f m i c r o - p o r e s o f the former type t o g e t h e r w i t h a m i n o r i t y o f meso-pores c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f the latter. S e v e r a l r e c e n t p a t e n t s f o c u s on the use o f l a r g e r c l u s t e r - c o l l o i d s p e c i e s o f the t r a s i t i o n m e t a l s to form m a t e r i a l s o f t h i s g e n e r a l form (e.g. 56,57). They c o n s t i t u t e an i m p o r t a n t c l a s s o f c a t a l y s t s , b u t do not f a l l w i t h i n the scope o f t h i s r e v i e w .

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B r u c i t e , Mg(0H>2, c o m p r i s e s a s i n g l e s h e e t o f b r i d g e d o c t a h e d r a analogous t o t h e o c t a h e d r a l l a y e r i n t a l c . A l t h o u g h t h i s s h e e t has no n e t l a y e r c h a r g e , s u b s t i t u t i o n o f t r i v a l e n t m e t a l c a t i o n s f o r Mg2+ c r e a t e s a n e t p o s i t i v e charge on t h e s h e e t , and t h e r e s u l t a n t m a t e r i a l s exchange a n i o n s between t h e s h e e t s . Al^+ r e a d i l y s u b s t i t u t e s i n t o t h i s magnesium h y d r o x i d e s h e e t t o form a m i n e r a l c a l l e d h y d r o t a l c i t e ( 5 8 ) . and a l a r g e number o f t h e s e mixed hydroxides are r e a d i l y synthesized. S i m i l a r s u b s t i t u t e d materials o c c u r i n n a t u r e i n g r e a t d i v e r s i t y , i n some c a s e s c o m p r i s i n g important mineral ores (eg. t a k o v i t e , N 1 6 A I 2 ( O H ) I 6 C O 3 - a N i equivalent of hydrotalcite). Many s u c h m a t e r i a l s have been i n v e s t i g a t e d as i o n exchangers, and shown t o have s p e c i f i c s o r p t i o n p r o p e r t i e s i n forms expanded w i t h C O 3 - , C l " , CN" e t c . (60.61). Recent work by Woltermann (62) has shown t h a t i n some c a s e s v a r i o u s homopoly and h e t e r o p o l y - a c i d a n i o n s , i n c l u d i n g t h o s e h a v i n g t h e K e g g i n i o n s t r u c t u r e i d e n t i c a l t o t h e A I 1 3 polymer, c a n e f f e c t i v e l y p i l l a r t h e s e m a t e r i a l s . The t h e r m a l and h y d r o t h e r m a l p r o p e r t i e s o f t h e s e p r o d u c t s a r e poor compared w i t h c o n v e n t i o n a l c a t i o n p i l l a r e d s m e c t i t e s , and t h e y c o l l a p s e on d e h y d r o x y l a t i o n - u s u a l l y below about 400°C. However, t h e c o m p o s i t i o n a l d i v e r s i t y o f t h e p i l l a r s and t h e l a y e r s make them a c h e m i c a l l y v e r s a t i l e group o f p o t e n t i a l catalysts. The p i l l a r i n g r e a c t i o n s seem t o be f a r more r e s t r i c t i v e t h a n i n i t i a l l y p r o p o s e d by Woltermann, and i n many c a s e s may be p r i m a r i l y o f c o l l o i d - c l a y s h e e t random p a c k e d t y p e , p a r t i c u l a r l y as many o f t h e s y n t h e t i c h y d r o x i d e s form c r y s t a l s o f o n l y s e v e r a l h u n d r e d angstroms d i a m e t e r . However, t h e y comprise a v e r y l a r g e group o f m i c r o p o r o u s m a t e r i a l s , b o t h o r d e r e d and d i s o r d e r e d , and o f f e r many c a t a l y s t o p p o r t u n i t i e s . The c a t a l y s t l i t e r a t u r e c o n t a i n s many examples o f p r e c i p i t a t e d mixed m e t a l o x i d e s and h y d r o x i d e s o f "amorphous" s t r u c t u r e , and p r o b a b l y i n c l u d e s many m a t e r i a l s o f t h i s type. 2

Conclusions P i l l a r e d s h e e t s t r u c t u r e s c o n t i n u e t o expand t h e i r i n t e r e s t and d i v e r s i t y , w i t h major developments t a k i n g p l a c e i n i n c r e a s i n g t h e number o f b o t h p i l l a r and s h e e t c o m p o s i t i o n s . U n f o r t u n a t e l y the s p e c i f i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g and c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f p i l l a r p r e c u r s o r s and PILC p r o d u c t s g r e a t l y l a g s t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l " p u l l " f o r new m a t e r i a l s - a c l a s s i c c a t a l y s t s c e n a r i o . W i t h major i n t e r e s t now t u r n i n g t o r e l a t i v e l y r a r e c l a y s ( o r ones n o t a v a i l a b l e i n q u a n t i t y ) s u c h as b e i d e l l i t e and r e c t o r i t e , t h e time may be r i p e f o r a r e - e x a m i n a t i o n o f s p e c i f i c c l a y s y n t h e s i s methods, and d e d i c a t e d p r o j e c t s t o s y n t h e s i z e these k i n d s o f m a t e r i a l s . T e t r a s i l i c i c mica i s a r e c e n t s u c c e s s i n t h e s y n t h e s i s a r e a , w h i c h c o u l d be f o l l o w e d by o t h e r s . M a j o r o p p o r t u n i t i e s e x i s t f o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f v a r i o u s s p e c t r o s c o p i c t e c h n i q u e s i n b o t h t h e s o l u t i o n and s o l i d s t a t e s , and m o d e l i n g s t u d i e s on t h e p r o d u c t s would f u r t h e r promote u n d e r s t a n d i n g and improvment i n PILCs h a v i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s as s o r b e n t s and catalysts.

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