2018-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2018 Volume 3. Fehrmann Intl. Symp. / Molten Salt and Ionic Liquid

Editors:F. Kongoli, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, T. Welton, M. Gaune-Escard, A. Angell, A. Riisager
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2018
Pages:154 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-86-7
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Application of Ionic Liquids in Oxidative and Acidic Catalysis

    Nina Kuznetsova1; Nikolay Adonin1; Bair Bal'zhinimaev1;
    1BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation;
    Type of Paper: Regular
    Id Paper: 165
    Topic: 13

    Abstract:

    Ionic liquids (IL) are drawing increasing and considerable attention in the field of catalysis as perfect, non-volatile, thermally stable solvents and media for liquid phase selective reactions [1]. We represent here examples from the catalytic chemistry, where ILs has been successfully used for improving two industrially important reactions.
    Well-known commercial synthesis of terephthalic acid (TPA) is based on aerobic oxidation of p-xylene in acetic acid solution of the Co/Mn/Br catalyst, that followed by the cost and energy-consuming hydropurification of the crude TPA product from p-carboxybenzaldehyde (4-CBA) [2]. We showed that addition of ILs (dialkylimidazolium acetate and bromide) and ammonium acetate changes properties of the conventional solvent to improve solubility and accelerate oxidation of 4-CBA to TPA. Efficient combinations of the additives and appropriate reaction conditions have been selected to obtain the target product with 4-CBA content below 25 ppm [3]. Positive effect is caused by excellent solvating ability of ILs for TPA and 4-CBA. The designed catalytic systems can be applied to obtain high-quality TPA just after oxidation stage, without the hydropurification.
    The next example is related to the alkylation of benzene with dodecene-1 for production of linear alkylbenzene catalyzed with binary 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride-aluminum chloride system. This catalyst showed high performance in the synthetic detergent not only from neat dodecene-1, but from the feedstock containing a mixture of C10-C13 alkanes and C10-C13 alkenes. The best results have been obtained when the mole fraction of [BMIM]Cl ionic liquid is around 40%. Furthermore, the optimal reaction conditions, such as benzene/alkene ratio (1.6-3) and temperature (30-40°C), have been found. In this case, a very high 98-99% yield of detergent is achieved [4].

    Keywords:

    Compounds; Ion; Mixtures; Moltensalt;

    References:

    [1] C. Dai, J. Zhang, C. Huang and Z. Lei, Chem. Rev. 117 (2017) 6929-6983.
    [2] C. Park, J. R. Sheehan, In Kirk-Othemer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th Ed. V.18, New York, 1996, pp. 478-491.
    [3] N. I. Kuznetsova, B. S. Bal'zhinimaev, A. Bhattacharyya, J. T. Walenga, ChemistrySelect, 2 (2017) 11815-11820.
    [4] M.G. Riley, A. Bhattacharyya, N.Y. Adonin, M.N. Timofeeva, S.A. Prikhodko, B.S. Bal'zhinimaev, Benzene alkylation using acidic ionic liquids. US Patent 9328037.

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    Kuznetsova N, Adonin N, Bal'zhinimaev B. (2018). Application of Ionic Liquids in Oxidative and Acidic Catalysis. In F. Kongoli, M. Haumann, P. Wasserscheid, T. Welton, M. Gaune-Escard, A. Angell, A. Riisager (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS2018 Volume 3. Fehrmann Intl. Symp. / Molten Salt and Ionic Liquid (pp. 73-80). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach