dos Santos, Vannia C., Durndell, Lee J., Isaacs, Mark A., Parlett, Christopher M.A., Wilson, Karen and Lee, Adam F. (2017). A new application for transition metal chalcogenides:WS2 catalysed esterification of carboxylic acids. Catalysis Communications, 91 , pp. 16-20.
Abstract
The first application of WS2, a well-known graphene analogue, as a solid acid catalyst for carboxylic acid esterification is reported. WS2 exhibits excellent specific activities and high conversion to methyl esters of (65–90%) for C2–C16 carboxylic acid esterification with methanol under mild conditions, with Turnover Frequencies between 80 and 180 h−1, and outstanding water tolerance even under equimolar water spiking. WS2 also exhibits good stability towards methyl propanoate in the continuous esterification of propanoic acid, and is a promising candidate for biofuels production.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2016.12.003 |
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Dataset DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17036/ebcf74c3-afcf-4d7e-aa59-b45214b9be2f |
Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry College of Engineering & Physical Sciences College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) |
Additional Information: | © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: EPSRC (EP/K000616/2 and EP/K014749/1); EU FP7/2007-2013 (604307); and CNPq (a postdoctoral scholarship). Supplementary data available on the journal website. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | tungsten,biofuels,carboxylic acid,esterification,sulfides,Catalysis,General Chemistry,Process Chemistry and Technology |
Publication ISSN: | 1873-3905 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 07:29 |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2016 15:35 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2017-03-05 |
Published Online Date: | 2016-12-06 |
Accepted Date: | 2016-12-02 |
Submitted Date: | 2016-09-19 |
Authors: |
dos Santos, Vannia C.
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