Reforming and Bifunctional Catalysis

As naphtha contains many hydrocarbons in the range of C5-C10, the reformate product is a complex mixture of a few hundred different molecules. n-Hexane is the 

These reactions are catalyzed by the metal. The other reactions  

PtCU- helps to disperse the platinum evenly overthe support, while the adsorbed chlorine enhances the acidity of the support. Calcination and reduction produce the eventual catalyst. 

To illustrate how a bifunctional catalyst operates, we discuss the kinetic scheme of the isomerization of pentane [R.A. van Santen and J.W. Niemantsverdriet, Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis (1995), Plenum, New York]. The first step is the dehydrogenation of the alkane on the metal  

The thus formed alkene adsorbs on an acid site of the alumina support, where it isomerizes  

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