Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China

, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 211–214 | Cite as

Ionic liquid mediated esterification of alcohol with acetic acid

  • Beilei Zhou
  • Yanxiong Fang
  • Hao Gu
  • Saidan Zhang
  • Baohua Huang
  • Kun Zhang
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Abstract

Highly efficient esterification of alcohols with acetic acid by using a Brønsted acidic ionic liquid, i.e., 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium hydrogen sulfate ([Hnmp]HSO4), as catalyst has been realized. The turnover numbers (TON) were able to reach up to 11000 and turnover frequency (TOF) was 846. The catalytic system is suitable for the esterification of long chain aliphatic alcohols, benzyl alcohol and cyclohexanol with good yields of esters. The procedure of separating the product and catalyst is simple, and the catalyst could be reused. [Hnmp]HSO4 had much weaker corrosiveness than H2SO4. The corrosive rate of H2SO4 was 400 times more than that of [Hnmp]HSO4 to stainless steel.

Keywords

ionic liquid Brønsted acid esterification catalyst 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Beilei Zhou
    • 1
  • Yanxiong Fang
    • 1
  • Hao Gu
    • 1
  • Saidan Zhang
    • 1
  • Baohua Huang
    • 1
  • Kun Zhang
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light IndustryGuangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhouChina

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