TY - JOUR
T1 - Readily recyclable catalysts of zeolite nanoparticles linked with polymer chains
AU - Okamoto, Masaki
AU - Watanabe, Satoshi
AU - Nitta, Junya
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge financial support of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21550187 . The authors thank Professor Ken Motokura for 29 Si MAS NMR measurement and Professor Hiroshi Tanaka for 1 H NMR measurement. The FE-SEM observations were performed at the Center for Advanced Materials Analysis in Tokyo Institute of Technology.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Aggregates of zeolite nanoparticles were linked together with polypropylene oxide or polydimethylsiloxane polymer chains, and were used as catalysts for liquid-phase reactions. The polymer-linked catalysts showed high catalytic activity in esterification of acetic acid with 1-propanol and hydrolysis of ethyl acetate, and were readily separated from reaction mixtures by decantation. Moreover, the linkage with the polymer chains enhanced shape selectivity in esterification of acetic acid with cyclohexanol and dehydration of 1-phenylethanol because of passivating the external acid sites of the zeolite with the polymer.
AB - Aggregates of zeolite nanoparticles were linked together with polypropylene oxide or polydimethylsiloxane polymer chains, and were used as catalysts for liquid-phase reactions. The polymer-linked catalysts showed high catalytic activity in esterification of acetic acid with 1-propanol and hydrolysis of ethyl acetate, and were readily separated from reaction mixtures by decantation. Moreover, the linkage with the polymer chains enhanced shape selectivity in esterification of acetic acid with cyclohexanol and dehydration of 1-phenylethanol because of passivating the external acid sites of the zeolite with the polymer.
KW - Nanoparticle
KW - Polydimethylsiloxane
KW - Polypropylene oxide
KW - Separation
KW - Shape selectivity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.07.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84881101455
SN - 0926-860X
VL - 467
SP - 55
EP - 60
JO - Applied Catalysis A: General
JF - Applied Catalysis A: General
ER -