Hydrothermal saline promoted grafting of periodic mesoporous organic sulfonic acid silicas for sustainable FAME production

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

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1483-1490
Number of pages8
JournalCatalysis Letters
Volume145
Issue number7
Early online date10 Jun 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Bibliographical note

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1559-7

Funding: 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

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