Glycerol carbonate synthesis from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate using guanidine ionic liquids

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.06.025

Abstract

Abstract: A large number of surplus glycerol from the biodiesel production can be used as renewable feedstock to produce glycerol carbonate. In this paper, a series of guanidine-based ionic liquids were synthesized to catalyze the transesterification of glycerol and dimethyl carbonate. The tunable basicity and the anion-cation cooperative effect were responsible for the obtained results. The[TMG] [TFE] showed the best activity turnover frequency (TOF) of 1754.0 h^-1, glycerol (GL) conversion of 91.8%, glycerol carbonate (GC) selectivity of 95.5%) at 80℃ with 0.1 mol% catalyst for 30 min. The reaction mechanism of the transesterification was also proposed.

Key words: Guanidine-based ionic liquids, Glycerol carbonate, Transesterification

摘要： A large number of surplus glycerol from the biodiesel production can be used as renewable feedstock to produce glycerol carbonate. In this paper, a series of guanidine-based ionic liquids were synthesized to catalyze the transesterification of glycerol and dimethyl carbonate. The tunable basicity and the anion-cation cooperative effect were responsible for the obtained results. The[TMG] [TFE] showed the best activity turnover frequency (TOF) of 1754.0 h^-1, glycerol (GL) conversion of 91.8%, glycerol carbonate (GC) selectivity of 95.5%) at 80℃ with 0.1 mol% catalyst for 30 min. The reaction mechanism of the transesterification was also proposed.

关键词: Guanidine-based ionic liquids, Glycerol carbonate, Transesterification

Xingxing Wang, Peng Zhang, Penglei Cui, Weiguo Cheng, Suojiang Zhang. Glycerol carbonate synthesis from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate using guanidine ionic liquids[J]. , 2017, 25(9): 1182-1186.

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