SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

›› 2016, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 1392-1398.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2016.05.001

• Catalysis, Kinetics and Reaction Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Brønsted-acidic ionic liquids as catalysts for synthesizing trioxane

Yamei Zhao, Yufeng Hu, Jianguang Qi, Weiting Ma   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and High Pressure Fluid Phase Behavior & Property Research Laboratory, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-12-25 修回日期:2016-04-21 出版日期:2016-10-28 发布日期:2016-11-19
  • 通讯作者: Yufeng Hu,E-mail address:huyf3581@sina.com.
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21576285, 21276271).

Brønsted-acidic ionic liquids as catalysts for synthesizing trioxane

Yamei Zhao, Yufeng Hu, Jianguang Qi, Weiting Ma   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing and High Pressure Fluid Phase Behavior & Property Research Laboratory, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2015-12-25 Revised:2016-04-21 Online:2016-10-28 Published:2016-11-19
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21576285, 21276271).

摘要: The batch reaction experiments have been made for the first time to investigate the effect of ionic structure on the reactivity and selectivity of the trioxane-forming reaction catalyzed by a Brønsted-acidic ionic liquid (IL). The ILs considered include 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([NCyP][TfO]), 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium benzenesulfonate ([NCyP][BSA]), 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium p-toluenesulfonate ([NCyP][p-TSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate ([NOP][DNBSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium benzenesulfonate ([NOP][BSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium methanesulfonate ([NOP][MSA]), and 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([NOP][TfO]). It is found that the yield of trioxane in the reaction solution correlates inversely with the Hammett acidity function H0 of the aqueous solution of the corresponding ILs. Variation of the cation structure from[NCyP]+ to[NOP]+ exerts little influence on the yield and the selectivity of trioxane in the reaction solution. Using[TfO]- or[DNBSA]- in place of[MSA]- or[BSA]- apparently increases the yield of trioxane, but only slightly increases the concentration of formic acid in the reaction solution. The continuous production experiments have been made to investigate the performance of[NOP][MSA],[NOP][DNBSA],[NCyP][TfO], and H2SO4 as an extraction distillation agent. Such effect of[NCyP][TfO] considerably overrides that of H2SO4. The yield and the selectivity of trioxane are both increased when[NCyP][TfO] is used instead of H2SO4 at a reaction time 5 h.

关键词: Brønsted-acidic, Ionic liquids, Trioxane, Catalyst, Hammett acidity function

Abstract: The batch reaction experiments have been made for the first time to investigate the effect of ionic structure on the reactivity and selectivity of the trioxane-forming reaction catalyzed by a Brønsted-acidic ionic liquid (IL). The ILs considered include 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([NCyP][TfO]), 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium benzenesulfonate ([NCyP][BSA]), 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidinonium p-toluenesulfonate ([NCyP][p-TSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate ([NOP][DNBSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium benzenesulfonate ([NOP][BSA]), 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium methanesulfonate ([NOP][MSA]), and 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinonium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([NOP][TfO]). It is found that the yield of trioxane in the reaction solution correlates inversely with the Hammett acidity function H0 of the aqueous solution of the corresponding ILs. Variation of the cation structure from[NCyP]+ to[NOP]+ exerts little influence on the yield and the selectivity of trioxane in the reaction solution. Using[TfO]- or[DNBSA]- in place of[MSA]- or[BSA]- apparently increases the yield of trioxane, but only slightly increases the concentration of formic acid in the reaction solution. The continuous production experiments have been made to investigate the performance of[NOP][MSA],[NOP][DNBSA],[NCyP][TfO], and H2SO4 as an extraction distillation agent. Such effect of[NCyP][TfO] considerably overrides that of H2SO4. The yield and the selectivity of trioxane are both increased when[NCyP][TfO] is used instead of H2SO4 at a reaction time 5 h.

Key words: Brønsted-acidic, Ionic liquids, Trioxane, Catalyst, Hammett acidity function