Abstract
The carboxymethylation of cinnamylalcohol with dimethyl carbonate was performed using low-cost catalysts obtained from desulfurization slag. Processing of steel slag performed by different techniques was resulted in a wide range of the catalysts with different morphological and structural properties. Catalytic evaluation of the slag catalysts illustrated diversity of the obtained results strongly dependent on the surface area, crystal morphology and basicity. Catalytic materials demonstrated high variability of the conversion (8–85%) exhibiting similar selectivity to the desired product – cinnamyl methyl carbonate (ca. 80%). A significant impact of ultrasonication on catalytic activity was observed. Comparison of the synthesized samples with commercial basic materials illustrated competitive ability of the slag catalysts. Based on the results of catalytic evaluation and product analysis the reaction network was proposed and verified by thermodynamic analysis. A kinetic model was developed to describe concentration dependencies in carboxymethylation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 601-630 |
| Journal | Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
Authors acknowledge the financial support of the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes, 2016–2017) and Business Finland (L4Value project, 2017–2020). E. Kholkina is grateful to Åbo Akademi University for the partial financial support (Doctoral research grant 2020).
Keywords
- Carboxymethylation
- Dimethyl carbonate
- Green chemistry
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Ultrasonication