Abstract
Imidazolium-silica heterogeneous catalyst (SG-[(CH2) 3SO3H-HIM]HSO4) was prepared by immobilization of acidic ionic liquid 1-(propyl-3-sulfonate) imidazolium hydrosulfate ([(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4) on silica-gel using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as silica source in this study. The properties of the samples were characterized by FT-IR, SEM and TG/DSC. The results suggested that [(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4 had been successfully immobilized on the surface of silica-gel and the immobilized ionic liquid catalyst SG-[(CH2)3SO 3H-HIM]HSO4 had good thermal stability. The original smooth surface of silica-gel was covered with [(CH2) 3SO3H-HIM]HSO4 and a rough surface of SG-[(CH2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4 was formed, but the size of particles had no obvious change. Moreover, SG-[(CH 2)3SO3H-HIM]HSO4 exhibited high catalytic activity for a series of acetalization and could be recovered easily. After reused for 10 times in the synthesis of benzaldehyde ethanediol acetal, the catalyst could still give satisfactory catalytic activity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-82 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical |
Volume | 348 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- Acetalization
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Imidazole
- Ionic liquids
- Silica-gel