NATURAL ALUMINOSILICATES MODIFIED WITH ARENESULFONIC ACID FRAGMENTS AS CATALYSTS FOR ACETALIZATION OF GLYCEROL WITH CYCLOHEXANONE

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https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v32i3.304786

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catalyst, reaction rate, kinetics, activity, alumosilicates, glycerol, cyclohexanone, ketal

Abstract

The kinetics of the reaction of glycerol with cyclohexanone in the presence of natural aluminosilicates of the domestic deposit (bentonite, clinoptilolite and trepel) modified with fragments of arenesulfonic acid were studied. The influence of the mass fraction of the catalyst, the reaction temperature and the molar ratio of the reagents on glycerol conversion was determined. It was found that in the presence of bentonite and trepel, unlike clinoptilolite, regardless of the influence of these factors, the glycerol conversion reaches ~100 %. The main product of the reaction is the five-membered cyclic ketal 1.4-dioxaspiro[4,5]decane-2-methanol with a selectivity of 99 % (determined on gas chromatograph Shimadzu GC-2030, Japan). The adsorption and acidic characteristics of the catalysts (pore size, surface area, Brønsted and Lewis acid centers) were studied and the influence of these characteristics on their catalytic properties was compared. It was established that the activity of the catalyst is due to a larger surface area and pore structure. Using the method of «double inverse values» (Lineweaver-Burk plot method), the features of the reaction were investigated, the Michaelis constants and maximum reaction rates and the concentration order of glycerol were determined. A possible reaction mechanism under conditions of heterogeneous acid catalysis is proposed. It is shown that the formation of the cyclohexanone-catalyst complex at the same rate is common to the three samples of catalysts and the subsequent «route» of the reaction differs depending on the concentration order of glycerol.

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Published

2024-10-20