Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers are world recognized environmentally benign fuel additives
and have great application prospect. In order to study the effects of anion and cation of ionic liquids on that methanol and trioxane synthesis polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers reaction
12 kinds of ionic liquids were used as catalyst. The structure of anion and cation of ionic liquids on the effects of reaction performance was discussed under the optimized reaction condition
which were the reaction temperature of 120℃
reactor pressure of 2.0 MPa
raw material mole ratio of 2∶1
catalyst dosage of 2.1%(mass)
reaction time 4 h. Under these conditions
the catalytic activity order of anion and cation was obtained by comparing the polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers selectivity. It was concluded that catalytic effects of ionic liquids was not a simple single anion or single cation at work
but the result of the anionic and cationic concerted catalysis.