ZHANG Guangjie, GENG Yanlou, AN Hualiang, et al. Synthesis of propylene carbonate from CO2 and 1,2-propylene glycol on fixed-bed reactor and its reaction mechanism catalyzed by Zn(OAc)2/AC[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (2): 567-575. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141163.
ZHANG Guangjie, GENG Yanlou, AN Hualiang, et al. Synthesis of propylene carbonate from CO2 and 1,2-propylene glycol on fixed-bed reactor and its reaction mechanism catalyzed by Zn(OAc)2/AC[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (2): 567-575. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141163.DOI:
Propylene carbonate (PC) was synthesized on a fixed-bed reactor from CO2 and propylene glycol (PG) catalyzed by supported Zn(OAc)2 catalyst. Then the effect of the kind of carrier and its loading on the catalytic performance and the influence of reaction conditions on PC synthesis reaction were investigated. The results indicates that Zn(OAc)2/AC with loading of 40% (mass) shows better catalytic performance. The suitable reaction conditions are obtained as follows: molar ratio of PG to acetonitrile(solvent) to CO2 is 1:1.8:11
reaction temperature 160℃
CO2 pressure 4.0 MPa and LHSV 0.9 h-1. Under the above conditions
the yield and selectivity of PC were 6.3% and 49.0%
respectively. The interaction between Zn(OAc)2 and CO2 or PG was investigated by in-situ IR technique combined with some designed experiments. It was found that the chemical adsorption of CO2 on Zn(OAc)2 is weaker while it is much stronger between PG and Zn(OAc)2. Chemical bond between PG and Zn(OAc)2 is found
indicating that Zn(OAc)2 can activate PG in this reaction. Accordingly
the role of Zn(OAc)2 in the catalytic reaction of CO2 and PG to PC is elucidated.