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Hydrothermal Saline Promoted Grafting of Periodic Mesoporous Organic Sulfonic Acid Silicas for Sustainable FAME Production

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Hydrothermal saline promoted grafting of sulfonic acid groups onto SBA-15 and periodic mesoporous organic silica analogues affords solid acid catalysts with high acid site loadings (>2.5 mmol g−1 H+), ordered mesoporosity and tunable hydrophobicity. The resulting catalysts show excellent activity for fatty acid esterification and tripalmitin transesterification to methyl palmitate, with framework phenyl groups promoting fatty acid methyl esters production.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the EPSRC (EP/K000616/1, EP/F063423/1 and EP/G007594/3) for financial support and a Leadership Fellowship (AFL), and the Royal Society for the award of an Industry Fellowship (KW). We also acknowledge the kind assistance of D.C. Apperley at the EPSRC UK National Solid-state NMR Service at Durham. VCS acknowledges CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico) for the award of a postdoctoral scholarship.

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  1. European Bioenergy Research Institute, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK

    M. Tapia Reche, A. F. Lee, J. C. Manayil, V. C. dos-Santos & K. Wilson

  2. School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK

    C. Pirez

  3. UCCS, University of Lille I, 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    C. Pirez

  4. Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Federal University of Paraná, CP 19081, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-990, Brazil

    V. C. dos-Santos

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Pirez, C., Reche, M.T., Lee, A.F. et al. Hydrothermal Saline Promoted Grafting of Periodic Mesoporous Organic Sulfonic Acid Silicas for Sustainable FAME Production. Catal Lett 145, 1483–1490 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1559-7

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Keywords

  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Biodiesel
  • Sulfonic acid
  • Solid acid
  • Esterification
  • Transesterification
  • Mesoporous materials