Abstract
Catalysts have been prepared by the incipient wetness method and characterized by 31P MAS NMR spectroscopy. Two species, i.e. the interacting molecular and the crystalline, were found in both the supported PMo12 and supported PW12 catalysts. Experimental results indicated that the interacting species are more thermally stable and resistant to water etching than the crystalline species. Furthermore, the interacting species also exhibited an extremely good selectivity in propan-2-ol dehydration and in the esterification of acetic acid with ethanol. The electronic properties of the interacting species were found to be support dependent.

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