Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-THEOCHEM
Volume 955, Issue 1-3, Pages 23-32Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2010.05.022
Keywords
Triacetin; Methanolysis; Hydrolysis; Biodiesel; Density Functional Theory
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- Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP) [06-50-4R]
- Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talent Project (DPST) [08/2547]
- National Nanotechnology center
- Thailand Research Fund [RSA5180010]
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The thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the methanolysis and hydrolysis reactions of glycerol triacetate or triacetin, a model triacylglycerol compound, were investigated by using Density Functional Theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) level of calculation. Twelve elementary steps of triacetin methanolysis were studied under acid-catalyzed and base-catalyzed conditions. The mechanism of acid-catalyzed methanolysis reaction which has not been reported yet for any esters was proposed. The effects of substitution, methanolysis/hydrolysis position, solvent and face of nucleophilic attack on the free energy of reaction and activation energy were examined. The prediction confirmed the facile position at the middle position of glycerol observed by NMR techniques. The calculated activation energy and the trends of those factors agree with existing experimental observations in biodiesel production. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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