Pastore, Carlo; D’Ambrosio, Valeria published the artcile< Intensification of processes for the production of ethyl levulinate using AlCl3·6H2O>, Category: esters-buliding-blocks, the main research area is aluminum chloride catalyst ethyl levulinate esterification thermodn property.
A process for obtaining Et levulinate through the direct esterification of levulinic acid and ethanol using AlCl3·6H2O as a catalyst was investigated. AlCl3·6H2O was very active in promoting the reaction and, the correspondent kinetic and thermodn. data were determined The reaction followed a homogeneous second-order reversible reaction model: in the temperature range of 318-348 K, Ea was 56.3 kJ·K-1·mol-1, whereas Keq was in the field 2.37-3.31. The activity of AlCl3·6H2O was comparable to that of conventional mineral acids. Besides, AlCl3·6H2O also induced a separation of phases in which Et levulinate resulted mainly (>98 wt%) dissolved into the organic upper layer, well separated by most of the co-formed water, which decanted in the bottom. The catalyst resulted wholly dissolved into the aqueous phase (>95 wt%), allowing at the end of a reaction cycle, complete recovery, and possible reuse for several runs. With the increase of the AlCl3·6H2O content (from 1 to 5 mol%), the reaction proceeded fast, and the phases’ separation improved. Such a behavior eventually results in an intensification of processes of reaction and separation of products and catalyst in a single step. The use of AlCl3·6H2O leads to a significant reduction of energy consumed for the final achievement of Et levulinate, and a simplification of line-processes can be achieved.
Energies (Basel, Switzerland) published new progress about Activation energy. 112-63-0 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C19H34O2, Category: esters-buliding-blocks.
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