Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
>> 2015,
Volume 9,
Issue 2
doi:
10.1007/s11705-014-1447-5
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Enhanced CuCl dispersion by regulating acidity of MCM-41 for catalytic oxycarbonylation of ethanol to diethyl carbonate
Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Accepted: 2014-11-17
Available online: 2015-07-14
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Abstract
CuCl supported on molecular sieves has attracted increasing attention in catalyzing oxidative carbonylation of ethanol to diethyl carbonate. Mesoporous MCM-41 has been widely used as catalyst support due to its large surface area and well defined mesoporous structure. Considering its intrinsic weak acidity, MCM-41 was modified by a simple impregnation method to incorporate Al. The incorporation of Al components resulted in the high dispersion of Cu species and the increase of acid sites without changing the mesoporous structure of MCM-41, and thus enhanceed the catalytic activity of CuCl/MCM-41for diethyl carbonate synthesis.