Influence of acidity of modified chloroaluminate based ionic liquid catalysts on alkylation of iso-butene with butene-2

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Bui, Thi Le Thuy ; Korth, Wolfgang ; Jess, Andreas:
Influence of acidity of modified chloroaluminate based ionic liquid catalysts on alkylation of iso-butene with butene-2.
In: Catalysis Communications. Vol. 25 (2012) . - pp. 118-124.
ISSN 1566-7367
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2012.03.018

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In the present work, aluminium chloride based ionic liquids (ILs) were used as catalysts for alkylation of iso-butane with butene-2. Some additives such as, transition metal salts, water and acidic cation exchange resins were used to improve the selectivity of the main products and the yield of reaction. A high content of the desired trimethylpentanes (TMPs) (up to 72.3%) and thus a high research octane number (RON up to 98) of the alkylate were received on using CuCl modified triethylamine hydrochloride aluminium chloride ([Et3NH]Cl/AlCl3) (molar fraction of AlCl3 is 0.6) at − 5 °C over a period of 15 min. The effectiveness of additives is assumed to explain by the formation of Brønsted acid or complexes which exhibit the Brønsted acidity or superacidity. The acidity of investigated catalytic systems was evaluated by FT-IR and confirmed that. The Brønsted and Lewis acidic sites were detected by FT-IR. The Lewis acidity can be adjusted mainly by mol fraction of AlCl3 while the Brønsted acidity can be increased by using the suitable amounts of additives. This is a valuable guide to explain the mechanism and to select the catalysts for alkylation.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Alkylation Ionic liquids Acid cation exchange resins Metal transition salts Acidity FT-IR
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering > Chair Chemical Engineering - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess Faculties
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 540 Chemistry 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 600 Technology 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 660 Chemical engineering
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2015 06:48
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2015 06:48
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/5741