Controllable acid/base propriety of sulfate modified mixed metal oxide derived from hydrotalcite for synthesis of propylene carbonate

Zhongxie Ding, Wenlong Xu, Xingguang Zhang, Zhen Liu, Jiecan Shen, Jinhua Liang, Min Jiang, Xiaoqian Ren

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Abstract

Ammonium persulfate modified mixed metal oxide derived from hydrotalcite with tunable acid/base properties can be prepared via thermal decomposition of Mg-Al hydrotalcite-type precursors and ammonium persulfate. By controlling the ammonium persulfate content, these sulphur mutated samples, denoted as SMgAlO-y (y = 1; 3; 5; 7), were investigated in this research. The resulted materials were characterized by XRD, SEM, FT-IR spectra, Py-IR spectra, XPS, Hammett indicator, CO2-TPD, as well as NH3-TPD. Furthermore, the acid-base property of the sample surface was determined by inverse gas chromatography measurements (IGC). Among all the obtained outcomes, the target SMgAlO-5 demonstrated the maximal Ka /Kb value, and it presented the highest activity as a catalyst in the synthesis of propylene carbonate (PC) through 1,2-propylene glycol and urea, giving the yield of 97.2% at the optimized reaction condition, which indicated that the PC yield counted on the synergic effect of the acidity and basicity on catalysts.

Original languageEnglish
Article number470
JournalCatalysts
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019

Keywords

  • Ammonium persulfate
  • Cooperative effect
  • Mg-Al metal oxide
  • Propylene carbonate
  • Urea alcoholysis

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