| Titre : | Sulfonic acid-functionalized catalysts for the valorization of glycerol via transesterification with methyl acetate (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Gabriel Morales, Auteur ; Marta Paniagua, Auteur ; Juan A. Melero, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Industrial & engineering chemistry research (Vol. 50 N° 10, Mai 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 5898-5906 |
| Note générale : | Chimie industrielle |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Transesterification Upgrading Catalyst |
| Résumé : | Sulfonic acid-functionalized mesostructured SBA-15 silicas have been demonstrated to be active for the catalytic transesterification of glycerol with methyl acetate to produce di- and triacetylglycerols. An optimization of the reaction conditions carried out with pharmaceutical glycerol by means of experimental design methodology showed that it is necessary to use a high methyl acetate to glycerol molar ratio (50:1) and a high catalyst loading (7.5 wt % based on glycerol) in order to obtain simultaneously very high glycerol conversion (99.5%) and high combined selectivity toward di- and triacetylglycerols (74.2%). In addition, the formation of nondesired byproduct was minimized at such reaction conditions. The activity displayed by arenesulfonic acid-functionalized mesostructured silica was comparable to that displayed by commercial catalysts such as the resin Amberlyst-70 or the composite Nafion-SAC-13. The acid strength of the catalytic sites, and in less extent their surface density, proved to be the most influential parameters in this reaction. Arenesulfonic SBA-15 also provided suitable conversions and selectivities with technical-grade glycerol, although not with crude glycerol due to the deactivating effect of salts. |
| DEWEY : | 660 |
| ISSN : | 0888-5885 |
| En ligne : | http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=24158885 |
