Synthesis of an immobilized Brønsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst on chloromethyl polystyrene grafted silica gel for esterification

Yanbing Shao, Hui Wan, Jinmei Miao, Guofeng Guan

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Abstract

A chloromethyl polystyrene grafted silica gel (PS-SG) supported 1-(propyl-3-sulfonate) imidazolium hydrosulfate ([(CH2) 3SO3H-HIM]HSO4) Brønsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst ([(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO 4/PS-SG) was prepared in this study. After characterization through elemental analysis, BET, SEM and FT-IR, it was found that chloromethyl polystyrene had grafted on the surface of silica gel, and [(CH2) 3SO3H-HIM]HSO4 had been immobilized on PS-SG. [(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4/PS-SG showed high catalytic activity for a series of esterifications and could be recovered easily. After being reused for 9 times in the synthesis of methyl propionate, [(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4/PS-SG could still give satisfactory catalytic activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)149-158
Number of pages10
JournalReaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis
Volume109
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013

Keywords

  • Esterification
  • Ionic liquid
  • Polystyrene
  • Silica gel

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