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Versatile CO2 Transformations into Complex Products: A One-pot Two-step Strategy
Published on: November 9, 2019
Catalytic conversion of CO2 into propylene carbonate in a continuous fixed bed reactor by immobilized ionic liquids
Liying Guo1, Lili Deng1, Xianchao Jin1
1School of Petrochemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology Liaoyang 111003 P. R. China lyguo1981@163.com.
Abstract:
In this study, functionalized composite catalysts, namely, ILs (ILX/(ZnBr2)2), with hydroxyl, carboxyl and amino groups immobilized on a molecular sieve (MCM-22) support were synthesized with the help of a silane coupling agent, 3-chloropropyltriethoxysilane (CPTES). Cycloaddition of CO2 and propylene oxide (PO) was carried out in a fixed bed reactor. The results show that MCM-22-CPTES-[AeMIM][Zn2Br5] demonstrates the best catalytic properties for this reaction. A high selectivity and yield of propylene carbonate (PC) could be reached at 130 °C under a CO2 pressure of 2.0 MPa, with a LHSV of 0.75 h-1 and a molar ratio of CO2/PO of 3 : 1. The yield stabilized at 61.6% after 50 h in the fixed bed reactor.
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