Catalytic production of oxygenated additives by glycerol etherification

• Authors: Catia Cannilla , Giuseppe Bonura , Leone Frusteri , Francesco Frusteri
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this work the etherification reaction of glycerol with isobutene (IB) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) has been studied with the aim of preparing mixtures with high content of poly-substituted ethers. The results obtained using solid acid catalysts have shown that the reaction with IB proceeds at a high rate but the formation of undesired di-isobutene (DIB) represents a serious problem when catalysts with high density of acid sites, such as Amberlyst, are used. When using TBA as a reactant, the main problem is the formation of water that, due to thermodynamic reasons, prevents the formation of poly-substituted ethers regardless of the catalyst used. Some preliminary experiments carried out with a water permselective tubular membrane have demonstrated that the yield of poly-substituted ethers significantly increases once water was selectively removed from the reaction medium by recirculation of the gas phase.

Keywords

EN

Glycerol conversion; Diesel additives; Etherification reaction; Solid acid catalysts; Water membrane

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1248-1254

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2014

online

7 - 6 - 2014

Contributors

author

Catia Cannilla

• “Nicola Giordano”

author

Giuseppe Bonura

• “Nicola Giordano”

author

Leone Frusteri

• University of Messina

author

Francesco Frusteri

• “Nicola Giordano”

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-014-0546-y