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The Synthesis of Ionic Liquid Functionalized Polymer and its Application in the Esterification Between Methacrylic Acid and Methanol

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High yield of methyl methacrylate was gained by using ionic liquid functionalized copolymer of ethylene dimethacrylate and 4-vinylbenzyl. The solid acid catalyst (VEM-ILs) was obtained through quaternary ammonization on the tetraethylenepentamine-functionalized copolymer with 1,3-propanesultone and HSO3CF3. The acid amount of VEM-ILs was 1.46 mmol/g. The surface area and pore volume of VEM-ILs were 11.1 m2/g and 0.04 cm3/g. To appraise the catalytic activity of the catalyst, the esterification between methacrylic acid and methanol was implemented. The optimized condition was as follows: 21.15 wt% catalyst dosage based on the weight of methacrylic acid, 90 °C, MAA to MeOH ratio of 1:1.5 and 3 h reaction time. Under the optimal condition, the yield of ester reached 76.5%. After four times use, the catalyst still exhibited a good catalytic effect.

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the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (22025803), Supported by Hebei Natural Science Foundation (B2021103012) supported by the Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAGM-2019-A14). Supported by the Joint Fund of the Yulin University and the Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy(Grant. YLU-DNL Fund 2021018)

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    Yuhang Bian & Zhijian Peng

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Yuhang Bian, Guoliang Zhang & Chunshan Li

  3. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Junyang Liu & Chunshan Li

  4. Langfang Technological Center of Green Industry, Langfang, 065801, People’s Republic of China

    Guoliang Zhang

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Bian, Y., Liu, J., Zhang, G. et al. The Synthesis of Ionic Liquid Functionalized Polymer and its Application in the Esterification Between Methacrylic Acid and Methanol. Catal Lett 153, 1657–1665 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04099-9

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