Abstract:Copper-containing hexagonal mesoporous molecular sieve Cu-HMS were synthesized by adjusting ethanol/water ratio of synthetic system. The effects of micelle behaviors on structure and surface morphology on structure and surface morphology were characterized by infrared resonance (IR) spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and N2 adsorption–desorption. All the PdCl2/Cu-HMS catalysts exhibited high selectivity for diethyl carbonate (over 99.0%) by oxidative carbonylation of ethanol in the gas-phase reaction. An optimized ethanol/water molar ratio existed for catalytic performance, which was about 1. The PdCl2/Cu-HMS catalyst exhibited higher catalytic performance, which is attributed to the fact that the larger surface area would facilitate the dispersion of the active component Pd, as well as the electron transfer of catalytic active sites Cu and Pd.