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Facile Synthesis of Acetal Over a Supported Novel Brønsted and Lewis Acid Ionic Liquid Catalyst
Ruifeng Liu1, Liming Dai1, Qian Zhao1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract:
A novel Brønsted and Lewis acid ionic liquid (IL) chlorinated butyrolactam chlorozincinate (CPCl-ZnCl₂) was synthesized by a hydrothermal process and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). The Fe-SBA-15 mesoporous materials with different Si/Fe mole ratios were prepared by direct synthesis method. The supported ionic liquid (IL/Fe-SBA-15) with various IL contents were prepared by a wet impregnation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and N₂ physical adsorption. The acidity was measured by FT-IR spectroscopy using pyridine as probes. The catalytic property was tested in acetalization of cyclohexanone with ethylene glycol. The results demonstrated that the IL/Fe-SBA-15 catalysts were of higher catalytic activity compared to Fe-SBA-15. Under optimal conditions, the acetalization could reach to 92.6% cyclohexanone conversion with 99.3% acetal selectivity. After 5 cycles, the cyclohexanone conversion decreased slightly. Also, the catalyst showed good catalytic property in the other acetalization of cyclohexanone and benzyl alcohol.
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