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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 134, Issue 41, Pages 16948-16950Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja307455w
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- State Basic Research Project of China [2009CB623507]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1162201, 21273197, 21203122]
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Homogeneous catalysts usually show higher catalytic activities than heterogeneous catalysts because of their high dispersion of catalytically active sites. We demonstrate here that heterogeneous catalysts of ionic liquids functionalized on superhydrophobic mesoporous polymers exhibit much higher activities in transesterification to form biodiesel than homogeneous catalysts of the ionic liquids themselves. This phenomenon is strongly related to the unique features of high enrichment and good miscibility of the superhydrophobic mesoporous polymers for the reactants. These features should allow the design and development of a wide variety of catalysts for the conversion of organic compounds.
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