Affiliation:
1. College of Pharmacy and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 93 Ji Chuan Road, Taizhou 225300, China
2. College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Abstract
A KF/γ-Al2O3 solid base catalyst was prepared by wet impregnation and applied to the synthesis of eugenol ethyl ether (EEE) from eugenol and diethyl carbonate. By measuring the yield of eugenol ethyl ether, we investigated the effects of the catalyst active component, impregnation temperature, KF impregnation concentration, impregnation time, and calcination temperature on catalyst performance. The results showed that the KF/γ-Al2O3 catalyst can adequately facilitate the conversion of eugenol to EEE. The characterizations of the catalysts were examined by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The characterizations of EEE were examined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (H1-NMR), gas chromatography–mass spectrometer (GC-MS) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). It was found that the KF/Al2O3 catalyst (impregnation temperature 60 °C, KF impregnation concentration 40%, impregnation time 8 h, and calcination temperature 450 °C) showed the best effect. The yield of EEE remained 51.2% after recycling the supported catalyst three times.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Catalysis,General Environmental Science
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