Catalysis with enzymes and zeolites have in common the presence of well-defined single active sites and pockets/cavities where the reaction transition states can be stabilized by longer-range interactions. We show here that for a complex reaction, such as the conversion of methanol-to-olefins (MTO), it is possible to synthesize reaction-adapted zeolites by using mimics of the key molecular species involved in the MTO mechanism. Effort has focused on the intermediates of the paring mechanism because the paring is less favoured energetically than the side-chain route. All the organic structure-directing agents based on intermediate mimics crystallize cage-based small-pore zeolitic materials, all of them capable of performing the MTO reaction. Among the zeolites obtained, RTH favours the whole reaction steps following the paring route and gives the highest propylene/ethylene ratio compared to traditional CHA-related zeolites (3.07 and 0.86, respectively).

酶和沸石的催化作用通常存在明确定义的单个活性位点和腔/腔，其中可以通过更长时间的相互作用来稳定反应过渡态。我们在此表明​​，对于复杂的反应，例如甲醇到烯烃的转化（MTO），可以通过使用MTO机理中涉及的关键分子种类的模拟物来合成适合于反应的沸石。努力的重点是配对机制的中间部分，因为与侧链路由相比，配对在能量上不太受青睐。所有基于中间体模拟物的有机结构导向剂都会使笼型小孔沸石材料结晶，它们都能够进行MTO反应。在获得的沸石中，