Investigation of glycerol acetylation in the presence of Sb catalysts
Autor: | Simoni M.P. Meneghetti, Felyppe M. R. S. Altino, Débora S. da Silva, Janaína H. Bortoluzzi |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment Chemistry 020209 energy Infrared spectroscopy 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Carbon-13 NMR 01 natural sciences Catalysis Acetic acid chemistry.chemical_compound Reaction rate constant 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Glycerol Selectivity Triacetin 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nuclear chemistry |
Zdroj: | Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 13:3237-3246 |
ISSN: | 2190-6823 2190-6815 |
Popis: | In this study, antimony complexes (SbCl5 and SbCl3) were investigated as catalysts in glycerol (GLY) esterification with acetic acid (AA), compared to Sb2O3 and Sb2O5. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that this class of catalysts is evaluated in GLY acetylation to produce monoacetin (MA), diacetin (DA), and triacetin (TA). The best result was obtained at 80 °C using 0.166 mmol of SbCl5, with total conversion attained after 15 min, and selectivity of 31, 47, and 22% for MA, DA, and TA, respectively, after 180 min. The apparent rate constants (kap) were determined and the values corroborate the catalytic efficiency of SbCl5, especially when compared to the reaction without catalyst. The activation energies (Ea) for GLY conversion were estimated to be 23.9 and 14.6 kJ mol−1, in the absence and presence of catalyst, respectively, indicating a reduction of around 40% in the Ea with the use of SbCl5. Studies using 13C NMR (in the case of complexes) and infrared spectroscopy (for Sb2O5) indicated the stability of the systems during the reaction process. |
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