Esterification of fatty acids with C8-C9 alcohols over selected sulfonic heterogeneous catalysts

• Authors: Janusz Nowicki , Jan Mosio-Mosiewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A study on the synthesis of esters of fatty acids of natural origin (oleic acid from rapeseed oil) and branched synthetic isostearic acid with commercially available alcohols C8-C9 i.e. 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH) and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanol (TMH) in the presence of selected heterogeneous catalysts containing active sulfonic groups has been made. The catalysts were obtained using ready available amorphous silicas with different textural characteristics. The influence of catalyst porosity on the catalytic properties in the esterification of fatty acids has been investigated. The effect of the synthesis temperature has also been studied. The results were compared with the results of esterification with the use of acidic ion exchange resins. It was shown that catalysts obtained on the basis of amorphous silicas are good and reusable catalysts for the esterification of fatty acids with higher alcohols

Keywords

EN

esterification of fatty acids; C8-C9 alcohols; sulfonic acid catalysts

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 42-47

Dates

published

1 - 09 - 2013

online

20 - 09 - 2013

Contributors

author

Janusz Nowicki

• Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia”, Energetykow 9, 47-225 Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland

author

Jan Mosio-Mosiewski

• Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia”, Energetykow 9, 47-225 Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjct-2013-0042