Preparation of Mg-Al based solid base for the transesterification of propylene carbonate and methanol
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摘要: 以共沉淀法制备了一系列不同价态过渡金属(Fe、Cu、Zr)改性的Mg-Al固体碱催化剂,考察了其对于甲醇与碳酸丙烯酯(PC)酯交换合成碳酸二甲酯的反应性能。采用XRD、N2吸附-脱附、FT-IR、XPS、CO2-TPD等手段对催化剂的物理化学性质进行了表征。结果表明,催化剂的碱强度、碱密度是影响催化活性的主要因素,不同价态过渡金属的加入可以调控Mg-Al固体催化剂的碱性。在考察的催化剂中,FeMgAl催化剂具有最高的表面碱密度,因此,表现出最好的催化性能。在温度为65 ℃、时间为4 h、甲醇与PC物质的量比为10:1、催化剂用量为4%的反应条件下,PC转化率可达66.2%。Abstract: A series of transition metals (Fe, Cu, Zr) modified Mg-Al solid bases were synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized by XRD, N2 adsorption-desorption, FT-IR, XPS, CO2-TPD. The catalytic performances were investigated for the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate via transesterification of propylene carbonate (PC) and methanol. The results reveal that the surface basicity of the samples varies with the addition of different metals. The surface basic strength and density of the catalysts are the main factors affecting the catalytic activity. Among the catalysts studied, FeMgAl exhibits the highest surface basic density and thus shows the best catalytic performance. The conversion of PC can reach 66.2% under the temperature of 65 ℃, reaction time of 4 h, methanol/ester molar ratio of 10:1 and catalyst amount of 4% of the reactant.
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Key words:
- transition metal /
- modification /
- Mg-Al based solid base /
- dimethyl carbonate /
- transesterification
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图 9 FeMgAl催化剂上(a)甲醇/PC物质的量比(b)反应时间(c)催化剂用量对催化活性的影响
Figure 9 Effect of reaction parameters on the catalytic activity over FeMgAl catalyst
(a): reaction temperature=65 ℃, reaction time=4 h, catalyst dose=4% of reactant; (b): reaction temperature=65 ℃, methanol/PC molar ration=10, catalyst dose=4% of reactant; (c): reaction temperature=65 ℃, reaction time=4 h, methanol/PC molar ration=10
表 1 催化剂的织构参数和碱性质
Table 1 Textural parameters and basic properties of catalysts
Catalyst Surface area
A/(m2·g-1)Pore volume
v/(cm3·g-1)Pore size
d/nmCO2 uptake /(mmol·g-1) CO2 uptake (×10-2 mmol·m-2) total α β+γ total MgAl 235 0.84 18.2 8.37 1.53 2.03 3.56 ZrMgAl 184 0.36 5.6 7.60 2.03 2.10 4.13 CuMgAl 72 0.34 17.1 4.05 3.01 2.61 5.62 FeMgAl 86 0.54 19.9 6.02 3.93 3.07 7.00 表 2 催化剂的O 1s结合能和相对氧含量
Table 2 O 1s binding energy and relative oxygen content of catalysts
Catalyst Binding energy O 1sE/eV Surface oxygen molar ration of unit area /(×10-2) OⅠ OⅡ OⅢ OⅠ/O OⅡ/O OⅢ/O MgAl 530.3 531.6 532.4 0.18 0.12 0.12 ZrMgAl 530.2 531.4 532.2 0.26 0.18 0.11 CuMgAl 530.0 531.3 532.2 0.29 0.55 0.54 FeMgAl 529.9 531.2 532.0 0.30 0.56 0.30 表 3 催化剂的性能评价
Table 3 Catalytic performance for DMC synthesis
Catalyst Reaction time t/h Reaction temp. t/℃ PC con. x/% DMC sel. s/% Reference Blank 4.0 65 - - this work Al2O3 4.0 65 4.4 12.9 this work MgO 4.0 65 9.7 20.8 this work MgAl 4.0 65 10.7 20.9 this work ZrMgAl 4.0 65 51.6 81.9 this work CuMgAl 4.0 65 63.8 81.5 this work FeMgAl 4.0 65 66.2 82.6 this work Mg-Al-La 2.0 150 65.4 88.1 [18] MgO 6.0 140 55.0 15.0 [28] ZrO2 6.0 140 14.0 50.0 [28] Fe2O3 3.0 140 3.7 86.5 [13] CaO-ZrO2 2.0 140 57.0 - [10] Na/ZrO2 1.5 160 ~50.0 - [11] Amberlyst 39 wet 2.0 130 62.0 92.0 [12] Fe-Mn 3.0 140 49.4 96.1 [13] -
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