Epoxidation of unsaturated FAMEs obtained from vegetable source over Ti(IV)-grafted silica catalysts: A comparison between ordered and non-ordered mesoporous materials
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- 作者：Matteo Guidotti ; Nicoletta Ravasio ; Rinaldo Psaro ; Enrica Gianotti ; Salvatore Coluccia and Leonardo Marchese
- 关键词：Catalytic epoxidation ; Fatty acid methyl ester ; Mesoporous solids ; Renewable raw materials ; Titanium catalysts
- 刊名：Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
- 出版年：2006
- 出版时间：2 May 2006
- 年：2006
- 卷：250
- 期：1-2
- 页码：218-225
- 全文大小：185 K
文摘
The liquid-phase epoxidation of mixtures of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) over titanium-containing silica materials, using tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant, is here reported. The mixtures were obtained from vegetable renewable source, i.e. from high-oleic sunflower oil, coriander oil, castor oil and soya-bean oil. The influence of the nature and the position of functional groups on the C-18 chain of the FAMEs was studied. Very high activity and selectivity were obtained in the epoxidation of castor and soya-bean oil methyl esters in a reaction medium free from organic acids. Ti–MCM-41 (an ordered mesoporous titanium-grafted silica) displayed in this case, for the first time, superior performances, from a synthetic point of view, with respect to non-ordered mesoporous titanosilicates.