Preparation, Characterization of Dawson-type Heteropoly Acid Cerium (III) Salt and Its Catalytic Performance on the Synthesis of n-Butyl Acetate

doi:10.1016/S1004-9541(13)60493-0

Abstract

Abstract: A novel cerium (III) salt of Dawson type tungstophosphoric acid (Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O) was prepared by doping cerous nitrate in H₆P₂W₁₈O₆₂·13H₂O powder and characterized by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), pyridine infrared spectroscopy (Py-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Its catalytic activity was evaluated by the probe reaction of synthesis of n-butyl acetate with acetic acid and n-butanol. The effects of various parameters such as molar ratio of n-butanol to acetic acid, reaction temperature, reaction time, and catalyst amount have been studied by single factor experiment. The results show that Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O behaved as an excellent heterogeneous catalyst in the synthesis of n-butyl acetate. The optimum synthetic conditions were determined as follows:molar ratio of n-butanol to acetic acid at 2.0:1.0, mass of the catalyst being 1.44% of the total reaction mixture, reaction temperature of 120 ℃ and reaction time of 150 min. Under above conditions, the conversion of acetic acid was above 97.8％. The selectivity of n-butyl acetate based on acetic acid was, in all cases, nearly 100%. The catalysts could be recycled and still exhibited high catalytic activity with 90.4% conversion after five cycles of reaction. It was found by means of TG-DTA and Py-IR that the catalyst deactivation was due to the adsorption of a complex of by-product on the active sites on catalysts surface or the catalyst loss in its separation from the products. Compared with using sulfuric acid as catalyst, the present procedure with Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O is a green productive technology due to simple process, higher yield, catalyst recycling and no corrosion for the production facilities.

Key words: cerous phosphotungstate, Dawson structure, catalyst, esterification, n-butyl acetate

摘要： A novel cerium (III) salt of Dawson type tungstophosphoric acid (Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O) was prepared by doping cerous nitrate in H₆P₂W₁₈O₆₂·13H₂O powder and characterized by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), pyridine infrared spectroscopy (Py-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Its catalytic activity was evaluated by the probe reaction of synthesis of n-butyl acetate with acetic acid and n-butanol. The effects of various parameters such as molar ratio of n-butanol to acetic acid, reaction temperature, reaction time, and catalyst amount have been studied by single factor experiment. The results show that Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O behaved as an excellent heterogeneous catalyst in the synthesis of n-butyl acetate. The optimum synthetic conditions were determined as follows:molar ratio of n-butanol to acetic acid at 2.0:1.0, mass of the catalyst being 1.44% of the total reaction mixture, reaction temperature of 120 ℃ and reaction time of 150 min. Under above conditions, the conversion of acetic acid was above 97.8％. The selectivity of n-butyl acetate based on acetic acid was, in all cases, nearly 100%. The catalysts could be recycled and still exhibited high catalytic activity with 90.4% conversion after five cycles of reaction. It was found by means of TG-DTA and Py-IR that the catalyst deactivation was due to the adsorption of a complex of by-product on the active sites on catalysts surface or the catalyst loss in its separation from the products. Compared with using sulfuric acid as catalyst, the present procedure with Ce₂P₂W₁₈O₆₂·16H₂O is a green productive technology due to simple process, higher yield, catalyst recycling and no corrosion for the production facilities.

关键词: cerous phosphotungstate, Dawson structure, catalyst, esterification, n-butyl acetate

CAO Xiaohua, REN Jie, XU Changlong, ZHANG Kanghua, ZHAN Changchao, LAN Jian. Preparation, Characterization of Dawson-type Heteropoly Acid Cerium (III) Salt and Its Catalytic Performance on the Synthesis of n-Butyl Acetate[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2013, 21(5): 500-506.

曹小华, 任杰, 徐常龙, 张康华, 占昌朝, 蓝健. Preparation, Characterization of Dawson-type Heteropoly Acid Cerium (III) Salt and Its Catalytic Performance on the Synthesis of n-Butyl Acetate[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2013, 21(5): 500-506.

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