Abstract

BARRERA ZAPATA, Rolando; VILLA DE P., Aída Luz  and  MONTES DE CORRREA, Consuelo. Studying PW-Amberlite catalyst deactivation in limonene epoxidation by hydrogen peroxide. Ing. Investig. [online]. 2009, vol.29, n.3, pp.13-16. ISSN 0120-5609.

The PW-Amberlite catalyst is active for limonene epoxidation in triphasic conditions; it becomes deactivated in reaction conditions. Catalyst stability during the reaction and recovery of catalyst activity when it was treated with several solvents were evaluated. It was found that the catalyst recovered 99% of its initial activity when it was washed with toluene and that the recovery was 95% and 97% when ethanol or acetone were used as washing solvents, respectively. Leaching tests showed that the reaction did not continue when the catalyst was removed from the reaction mixture, confirming the absence of leaching during the catalyst's active phase. FTIR analysis revealed that the characteristic species of the phosphotungstate complex did not vary with successive reusing of the catalyst.

Keywords : PW-Amberlite; stability; catalyst regeneration; limonene epoxidation.

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