Efficient conversion of H2S into mercaptan alcohol by tertiary-amine functionalized ionic liquids

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2022.07.001

Abstract

Abstract: The resource utilization of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is of great significance in natural gas chemical industry. Described herein have developed a novel method mediated in tertiary amine-functionalized ionic liquids (ILs) to convert H₂S into mercaptan alcohols with enols. The effect of ILs, substrate scope, and regeneration experiments have been investigated. It is found that the conversion of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol by H₂S can reach 52% with a 50% (mol) catalyst loading of bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether methoxyacetate within 12 h at 90 ℃. The reaction mechanism was speculated based on theoretical calculation. Besides, a plausible reaction-separation-integrated strategy was further proposed. This work reveals an effective insight into the capture and catalytic conversion of H₂S to high valuable mercaptan alcohol, which makes the utilization method of H₂S resource universal and has the potentiality for industrial application.

Key words: Ionic liquids, Reaction, Catalysis, Hydrogen sulfide, DFT calculation

摘要： The resource utilization of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is of great significance in natural gas chemical industry. Described herein have developed a novel method mediated in tertiary amine-functionalized ionic liquids (ILs) to convert H₂S into mercaptan alcohols with enols. The effect of ILs, substrate scope, and regeneration experiments have been investigated. It is found that the conversion of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol by H₂S can reach 52% with a 50% (mol) catalyst loading of bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) ether methoxyacetate within 12 h at 90 ℃. The reaction mechanism was speculated based on theoretical calculation. Besides, a plausible reaction-separation-integrated strategy was further proposed. This work reveals an effective insight into the capture and catalytic conversion of H₂S to high valuable mercaptan alcohol, which makes the utilization method of H₂S resource universal and has the potentiality for industrial application.

关键词: Ionic liquids, Reaction, Catalysis, Hydrogen sulfide, DFT calculation

Wenjie Xiong, Mingzhen Shi, Yan Lu, Xiaomin Zhang, Xingbang Hu, Zhuoheng Tu, Youting Wu. Efficient conversion of H₂S into mercaptan alcohol by tertiary-amine functionalized ionic liquids[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 50(10): 197-204.

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