Transesterification Catalyzed by Ionic Liquids on Superhydrophobic Mesoporous Polymers: Heterogeneous Catalysts That Are Faster than Homogeneous Catalysts
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- 28 September 2012
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 134 (41), 16948-16950
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja307455w
Abstract
Homogeneous catalysts usually show higher catalytic activities than heterogeneous catalysts because of their high dispersion of catalytically active sites. We demonstrate here that heterogeneous catalysts of ionic liquids functionalized on superhydrophobic mesoporous polymers exhibit much higher activities in transesterification to form biodiesel than homogeneous catalysts of the ionic liquids themselves. This phenomenon is strongly related to the unique features of high enrichment and good miscibility of the superhydrophobic mesoporous polymers for the reactants. These features should allow the design and development of a wide variety of catalysts for the conversion of organic compounds.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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