A clear view of zeolite-catalyzed processes

Understanding the detailed mechanistic pathways of zeolite-catalyzed reactions enables high activity and product selectivity of desired transformations, crucial for the development of more sustainable and benign methods. However, gaining the knowledge required to delineate detailed mechanisms for these reactions is challenging because of difficulties associated with elucidating the nature of dynamically evolving products and transient intermediates. Approaches in which in situ techniques are combined with two-dimensional correlation analysis have now been developed that enable a clearer analysis of the mechanistic pathways for oxygenate-based zeolite-catalyzed reactions of C₁ molecules.