1569-02-4Relevant articles and documents
Hydrogen bonding-catalysed alcoholysis of propylene oxide at room temperature
Li, Ruipeng,Liu, Zhimin,Wang, Yuepeng,Xiang, Junfeng,Xu, Yueting,Zhang, Fengtao,Zhao, Yanfei
supporting information, p. 8734 - 8737 (2021/09/08)
Alcoholysis of propylene oxide (PO) is achieved over azolate ionic liquids (IL,e.g., 1-hydroxyethyl-3-methyl imidazolium imidazolate) at room temperature, accessing glycol ethers in high yields with excellent selectivity (e.g., >99%). Mechanism investigation indicates that cooperation of hydrogen-bonding of the anion with methanol and that of the cation with PO catalyses the reaction.
Nano metal oxides as efficient catalysts for selective synthesis of 1-methoxy-2-propanol from methanol and propylene oxide
Zhang, Jiawei,Cai, Qinghai,Zhao, Jingxiang,Zang, Shuying
, p. 4478 - 4482 (2018/02/07)
Nano metal oxides such as Fe2O3, Fe3O4, CuO, NiO, ZnO and SnO2 were prepared and characterized using XRD, SEM and TEM analysis. These as-prepared metal oxide materials were used as catalysts for the etherification of methanol with propylene oxide (PO). The results showed that α-Fe2O3 exhibited outstanding catalytic performance with 97.7% conversion and 83.0% selectivity to MP-2 at 160 °C for 8 h. Furthermore, the relationship between the catalytic activity or selectivity and surface basicity or energy gap was investigated. This catalyst could be easily recovered and reused due to its heterogeneous catalytic nature.
Synthesis of propylene glycol ethers from propylene oxide catalyzed by environmentally friendly ionic liquids
Zhao, Cong,Chen, Shengxin,Zhang, Ruirui,Li, Zihang,Liu, Ruixia,Ren, Baozeng,Zhang, Suojiang
, p. 879 - 888 (2017/05/24)
A series of acetate ionic liquids were synthesized using a typical two-step method. The ionic liquids were used as environmentally benign catalysts in the production of propylene glycol ethers from propylene oxide and alcohols under mild conditions. The basic strengths of the ionic liquids were evaluated by determination of their Hammett functions, obtained using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and the relationship between their catalytic activities and basicities was established. The catalytic efficiencies of the ionic liquids were higher than that of the traditional basic catalyst NaOH. This can be attributed to the involvement of a novel reaction mechanism when these ionic liquids are used. A possible electrophilic-nucleophilic dual activation mechanism was proposed and confirmed using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In addition, the effects of significant reaction parameters such as concentration of catalyst, molar ratio of alcohol to propylene oxide, reaction temperature, and steric hindrance of the alcohol were investigated in detail.
