Protic ionic liquid-promoted synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from ethylene carbonate and methanol

In this work,the protic ionic liquid[DBUH][Im](1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undeceniumimidazolide)was developed as an efficient catalyst for the transesterification of ethylene carbonate with methanol to produce dimethyl carbonate.At 70℃,up to 97%conversion of ethylene carbonate and 91%yield of dimethyl ca rbonate were obtained with 1 mol%[DBUH][Im](relative to ethylene carbonate)as catalyst in 2 h.Even at room temperature,the conversion of ethylene carbonate can reach 94%and the yield of dimethyl carbonate can approach 81%for 6 h.Catalytic mechanism investigation showed the high catalytic efficiency of this ionic liquid results from the synergistic activation effect,wherein the cation can activate ethylene carbonate and the anion can activate methanol through hydrogen bond formatio n.Although the reusability of the ionic liquid need to be further improved,high efficiency and comme rcial availability of[DBUH][Im]render it a promising catalyst for the preparation of dimethyl carbonate.     

Reaction parameters influence on the catalytic performance of copper-silica aerogel in the methanol steam reforming

Steam reforming of methanol was carried out on the copper-silica aerogel catalyst.The effects of reaction temperature,feed rate,water to methanol molar ratio and carrier gas flowrate on the H_2 production rate and CO selectivity were investigated.M ethanol conversion was increased considerably in the range of about 240-300,after which it increased at a slightly lower rate.The used feed flowrate,steam to methanol molar ratio and carrier gas flowwere 1.2-9.0 m L/h,1.2-5.0 and 20-80 m L/min,respectively.Reducing the feed flowrate increased the H_2 production rate.It was found that an increase in the water to methanol ratio and decreasing the carrier gas flowrate slightly increases the H2production rate.Increasing the water to methanol ratio causes the lowest temperature in which CO formation was observed to rise,so that for the ratio of 5.0 no CO formation was detected in temperatures lower than 375℃.In all conditions,by approaching the complete conversion,increasing the main product concentration,increasing the temperature and contact time,and decreasing the steam to methanol ratio,the CO selectivity was increased.These results suggested that CO was formed as a secondary product through reverse water-gas shift reaction and did not participate in the methanol steam reforming reaction mechanism.     

Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate from Methanol and Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by Potassium Hydroxide under Mild Conditions

The synthesis of dimethyl carbonate （DMC） from methanol and carbon dioxide using potassium hydroxide as catalyst in the presence of CH3I and the effect of ionic liquid on the reaction were investigated. The results showed that KOH is an effective catalyst; the high selectivity and raised yield of DMC formation under mild conditions were achieved. However, the addition of the ionic liquid, l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide （emimBr）, can evidently accelerate the conversion of methanol and yield of the product.     

Promotion of Ionic Liquid to Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from Methanol and Carbcn Dioxide

Promotion of ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (emimBr), to the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from methanol and carbon dioxide in the presence of potassium carbonate and less amount of methyl iodide under mild conditions was investigated. The results showed that the high selectivity and raised yield of DMC was achieved due to the addition of emimBr in the reaction system. And effect of several reaction conditions such as temperature, pressure and amount of emimBr was discussed.     

钛酸酯催化碳酸二甲酯与苯酚酯交换反应

The transesterification of phenol and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) to diphenyl carbonate (DPC) was studied using tetrabutyl titanate and tetraphenyl titanate as catalysts. The main product was found to be methyl phenyl carbonate (MPC) which is an intermediate of the reaction. The selectivity for DPC was improved when increasing the phenol/DMC molar ratio or prolonging the reaction time. The phenol conversion, selectivity for MPC and DPC were 47 4%, 90 9% and 9 14%, respectively, when the transesterification reaction approached equilibrium under the conditions of 175 ℃, 25 h and DMC∶phenol∶ Ti(OBu) 4 molar ratio of 1 5∶1∶0 05. The selectivity for DPC could reach 12.2% when the reaction time was 30 h. The tetrabutyl titanate catalyst showed a higher catalytic activity than tetraphenyl titanate.     

Molybdosphoric Acid Mixed with Titania Used as a Catalyst to Synthesize Diphenyl Carbonate via Transesterification of Dimethyl Carbonate and Phenol

The 12-molybdosphoric acid mixed with titania (MPA-TiO2) was found to be a novel and efficient catalyst for the synthesis of diphenyl carbonate (DPC) via transesterification of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and phenol. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) techniques were employed to characterize the prepared catalysts. The effect of the weight ratio of the 12-molybdosphoric acid to titania on the transesterification was investigated. A 13.1% yield of DPC and an 11.6% yield of methyl phenyl carbonate (MPC) were obtained over MPA-TiO2 with the weight ratio of MPA to TiO2 as 5:1.     

One-pot Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate in the Presence of a Two-component Catalyst

The one-pot synthesis of dimethyl carbonate（DMC） with co-production of propy-lene carbonate（PC） and propylene glycol（PG） from propylene oxide（ PO）, carbon dioxide and methanol as the starting materials was investigated. The catalyst adopted here was a mixture of tetrabutyl ammonium bromide and sodium methoxide. It was found that un- der the reaction conditions of t = 150 ℃, p =3-4 MPa and 2 h, the PO conversion could reach 100%, the DMC, PC and the PG selectivities were 49. 7%, 42. 7% and 49. 8%, respectively, and the selectivity of by-products was below 10%.     

Production of propylene from an unconventional metathesis of ethylene and 2-pentene over Re2O7/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts

An unconventional metathesis of ethylene and 2-pentene over Re2O7/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts has been studied as an alternative route for the production of propylene. Complete conversion of 2-pentene and propylene yield as high as 88 wt% were obtained under mild reaction conditions at 35°C and atmospheric pressure. Unlike the conventional metathesis of ethylene and 2-butenes in which isomerization is a competing side reaction, the isomerization of 1-butene product from the unconventional metathesis of ethylene and 2-pentene to 2-butenes can further react with excess ethylene in the feed, resulting in additional increase in propylene yield. The secondary metathesis reaction was found to be favored under ethylene/2-pentene (E/2P) molar ratio 3 and gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) 1000 h-1 at the reaction temperature of 35°C. No catalyst deactivation was observed during the 455 min time-on-stream under the selected reaction conditions.     

Effects of ammonium exchange and Si/Al ratio on the conversion of methanol to propylene over a novel and large partical size ZSM-5

One type of ZSM-5 zeolite with large partical size was prepared and characterized by XRD, SEM, N2 adsorption-desorption, XRF, Py-IR and NH3-TPD techniques. Effects of ammonium exchange and SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios on the reaction of methanol to propylene (MTP) over Na-ZSM-5 and H-ZSM-5 zeolites have been studied in a fixed-bed flow reactor under the operating conditions of T = 500 °C, P = 1 atm, and WHSV = 6 h-1. Ammonium exchange led to a rapid decrease in Na content for Na-ZSM-5 zeolite. The reaction results indicated that Na-ZSM-5 and H-ZSM-5 with different SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratios all exhibited high activity for methanol conversion. Ammonium exchange and the decreased SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of ZSM-5 zeolite led to an increase both in strong acid sites and weak acid sites. Na-ZSM-5 with high SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio was favorable for the formation of propylene. The highest propylene selectivity (45.9%) was obtained over Na-ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst with SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of 220.     

Synthesis and characterization of a novel hydroxypolyether blocked polydimethylsiloxane PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO

A novel hydroxypolyether blocked polydimethylsiloxane, poly（ethylene oxide） propyl-b-polydimethylsiloxane-b-propyl poly（ethylene oxide） （PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO） was synthesized by simple hydrosilation reaction of poly（ethylene glycol） monoallyl ether with α,ω-dihydrogen terminated PDMS （HPDMS）. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） and IH NMR were used to identify the structure of PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO and intermediate product HPDMS. Based on the effect investigations of temperature, reactant molar ratio, catalyst and time on the hydrosilation, it was found that the conversion of Si-H bond to SiC bond increased with the increase of catalyst and time, and the reaction completed when the content of catalyst was 22μg/g and the time was 5 h, respectively. Urethane reaction of OH and NCO group confirms that PEO-b-PDMS-b-PEO is more reactive toward to diisocyanate than α,ω-dihydroxylbutyl terminated PDMS.     

Transesterification of Ethylene Carbonate with Dimethyl Terephthalate over Various Metal Acetate Catalysts

IntroductionDimethyl carbonate(DMC) is known to be a novelbuilding block in organic synthesis. As an environmen-tally benign compound and a unique intermediate,DMC has attracted much attention[1,2]. Among the va-rious methods for synthesizing DMC, the tra…     

UV-light induced photodegradation of bisphenol a in water: Kinetics and influencing factors

The synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from methanol and ethylene carbonate (EC) without using any solvent was investigated in the presence of ionic liquids as catalysts. The conversion of ethylene carbonate was affected by the structure of ionic liquid. For a series of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids, the one with shorter alkyl chain and the one with more nucleophilic anion showed higher reactivity. The conversion of EC also increased with CO₂ pressure and reaction temperature. Esterification of EC and methanol can be considered as a pseudo-first order reaction with respect to EC concentration. The activation energy was estimated as 50.1 kJ/mol.     

金属醋酸盐催化合成聚丁二酸乙二醇酯预聚体和碳酸二甲酯

研究了醋酸盐催化碳酸乙烯酯(EC)和丁二酸二甲酯(DS)同时合成聚丁二酸乙二醇酯(PES)预聚体和碳酸二甲酯(DMC)的耦合反应新工艺。采用气相色谱-质谱联用定性分析馏分组成;红外光谱、核磁共振表征了预聚物的结构;采用乌式粘度计测试了预聚物的特性粘数;气相色谱定量测定馏分碳酸二甲酯的收率以考察耦合反应的进度。以对该反应催化效果最佳的无水醋酸锂为催化剂考察了物料配比、反应温度、反应时间、催化剂用量对耦合反应的影响,结果表明,最佳的工艺条件为:反应温度195～200℃,n(EC):n(DS)=2:1,n(cat):n(EC+DS)=0.02:1,反应时间为2h,耦合反应所得的DMC收率为48.0%,聚丁二酸乙二醇酯预聚物的特性粘数为0.3787。     

Kinetics of Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis From Ethylene Carbonate and Methanol Using Alkali-Metal Compounds as Catalysts

Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was synthesized by the ester exchange reaction of ethylene carbonate and methanol. K₂ CO₃ , KOH, LiOH and NaOH were used as catalysts for DMC synthesis and their catalytic abilities were compared in terms of kinetics. LiOH showed the best reaction rate among the catalysts. The rate constant was estimated to be 0.02538 (dm 3 /mol) 0.21 /min at 298 K.     

碳酸乙烯酯合成碳酸二苯酯的GC-MS分析

以钛酸四丁酯催化碳酸乙烯酯与乙酸苯酯酯交换合成碳酸二苯酯(DPC)。GC-MS定性分析表明,反应液中含主产物DPC,中间体2-乙酰氧乙基苯基碳酸酯(1),副产物乙二醇二乙酸酯、乙二醇苯醚乙酸酯和苯酚。1的结构经1H NMR,13C NMR,FT-IR和EI-MS确证。     

杂原子介孔分子筛Me-HMS催化酯交换合成碳酸二苯酯

以水热合成法制备了杂原子介孔分子筛Me-HMS(Me指金属杂原子),用于催化碳酸二甲酯与苯酚酯交换合成碳酸二苯酯的反应.小角度的X射线衍射显示,所有样品均具有典型的HMS介孔结构.Me-HMS中,Ti-HMS显示最好的催化性能,其活性与骨架钛含量密切相关,当溶胶中Ti/Si比达1/30时,骨架钛趋于饱和,苯酚转化率达到最大值31.4%,酯交换选择性为99.9%.     

RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE CATALYZED BY NOVEL SINGLE COMPONENT RARE EARTH CALIXARENE COMPLEXES

In this paper, ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) with rare earth (Nd, Y, La) p-tert-butylcalix[n]arene (n=4, 6, and 8) complexes as catalysts has been studied. Poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) with Mv of 21,400 was produced by bulk polymerization under the conditions as follows: [TMC]0/[Nd] (molar ratio)=1000,80℃,8h. Mechanism study reveals that the polymerization proceeds via a coordination mechanism.     

KNO3/MCM-48催化酯交换法合成碳酸二丙酯

 对KNO3/MCM-48用于丙醇和碳酸二甲酯进行酯交换合成碳酸二丙酯的催化性能进行了考察. 用X射线衍射(XRD)、红外光谱(IR)和X射线荧光法研究了催化剂的结构特征和表面性质. XRD结果表明,随着K负载量的增加,载体特征峰强度逐渐减弱,但仍保留MCM-48的晶体结构. 随着焙烧温度的升高, KNO3逐渐分解成K2O. 分别考察了活性组分负载量、焙烧温度、焙烧时间和催化剂的用量以及反应时间对反应的影响. 结果表明, KNO3/MCM-48催化剂对碳酸二丙酯的合成具有很高的催化活性. 在反应温度363 K, 反应时间6 h, 催化剂用量5%, 丙醇与碳酸二甲酯摩尔比为4的条件下,碳酸二甲酯的转化率可达99.9%, 产物碳酸二丙酯选择性93.4%, 产率93.3%.