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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages 366-372Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.02.081
Keywords
Acidic ionic liquid; Sec-butyl acetate; Reactive distillation; Transesterification; Sec-butanol
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- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University [JA12014]
- Science and Technology Development Fund of Fuzhou University [2012-XQ-7]
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Five acidic Imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) were synthesized and the catalytic activity for the preparation of sec-butanol via the transesterification of sec-butyl acetate (SBAC) with methanol were investigated. Among them, 1-(3-sulfopropyl)-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([HSO3-PMIM]HSO4) performed best. In the batch reactor, the influences of various reaction conditions on the transesterification were investigated using [HSO3-PMIM]HSO4 as catalyst. Under the optimal reaction conditions, the conversion of SBAC was 89.30%. In addition, in order to enhance the conversion of SBAC, reactive distillation was carried out in the presence of [HSO3-PMIM]HSO4 as catalyst. A high conversion of the SBAC of 97.72% was obtained under the optimal reaction conditions. In order to evaluate the catalyst stability, the ILs was repeatedly used for 5 times without obvious loss of activity after simple separation from the mixture. The results indicated that [HSO3-PMIM]HSO4 showed better catalytic activity and reuse performance. Therefore, an environmental friendly technology for the preparation of sec-butanol catalyzed by ILs is provided. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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