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Design of a Highly Efficient Indium-Exchanged Heteropolytungstic Acid for Glycerol Esterification with Acetic Acid

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A series of highly active, selective, and stable solid indium-exchanged tungstophosphoric acid catalysts had been prepared, characterized and evaluated for bio-derived glycerol esterification with acetic acid to produce valuable biofuel additives. It was found that the Inx/3H3−xPW with nanotube structure owns Lewis acidity and Brønsted acidity in one, which favors for the efficient esterification of glycerol into monoglycerides with higher selectivity. Among all, In0.8H0.6PW presented exceptionally high activity with 88 % conversion and 96 % selectivity to MAG within 30 min of reaction time at 120 °C using 4:1 molar ratio. The better performance came from its remarkable stability, due to the unique Keggin structure, high acidity as well as nanotube structure. In addition, this In0.8H0.6PW catalyst did not suffer from deactivation of water in the six consecutive reaction tests.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20871026). Supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities” (10JCXK011). Supported by the major projects of Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department (20140204085GX).

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  1. Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People’s Republic of China

    Zhong Sun, Xixin Duan, Meilin Tao & Xiaohong Wang

  2. School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, People’s Republic of China

    Dandan Zhou

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Sun, Z., Duan, X., Tao, M. et al. Design of a Highly Efficient Indium-Exchanged Heteropolytungstic Acid for Glycerol Esterification with Acetic Acid. Catal Surv Asia 20, 82–90 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-016-9209-7

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