Abstract
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. (Chemical Equation Presented)
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1483-1490 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Catalysis Letters |
Volume | 145 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 10 Jun 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1559-7Funding: 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); CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desen-
volvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico)
Keywords
- biodiesel
- esterification
- heterogeneous catalysis
- mesoporous materials
- solid acid
- sulfonic acid
- transesterification