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John B. Nicholas
Researcher at Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Publications - 59
Citations - 4655
John B. Nicholas is an academic researcher from Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ab initio & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 59 publications receiving 4425 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Nicholas include Pacific Northwest National Laboratory & Washington State University.
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The mechanism of methanol to hydrocarbon catalysis.
TL;DR: Using other microporous catalysts that are selective for light olefins, methanol-to-olefin (MTO) catalysis may soon become central to the conversion of natural gas to polyolefins.
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Physical Organic Chemistry of Solid Acids: Lessons from in Situ NMR and Theoretical Chemistry
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Roles for Cyclopentenyl Cations in the Synthesis of Hydrocarbons from Methanol on Zeolite Catalyst HZSM-5
James F. Haw,John B. Nicholas,Weiguo Song,Feng Deng,Zhike Wang,and Teng Xu,Catherine S. Heneghan +6 more
TL;DR: In situ 13C NMR measurements on samples prepared using a pulse-quench catalytic reactor show that the 1,3-dimethylcyclopentenyl carbenium ion (1) is an intermediate in the synthesis of toluene from ethylene on zeolite catalyst HZSM-5.
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Pulse-quench catalytic reactor studies reveal a carbon-pool mechanism in methanol-to-gasoline chemistry on zeolite hzsm-5
Patrick W. Goguen,Teng Xu,Dewey H. Barich,Timothy W. Skloss,Weiguo Song,Zhike Wang,John B. Nicholas,James F. Haw +7 more
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Theoretical Study of the Methylbenzene Side-Chain Hydrocarbon Pool Mechanism in Methanol to Olefin Catalysis
TL;DR: Density functional theory calculations place the side-chain mechanism on a much stronger foundation and reproduce experimental structure-reactivity and structure-selectivity data for the methylbenzene hydrocarbon pool.