Author(s): Henriques, P ; Castanheiro, J
Date: 2019
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24890
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
Subject(s): Biofuel additives; Glycerol; SBA-15; Sulfonic acid groups
Author(s): Henriques, P ; Castanheiro, J
Date: 2019
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24890
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
Subject(s): Biofuel additives; Glycerol; SBA-15; Sulfonic acid groups
Acetalization of glycerol with pentanal was carried out in the presence of SBA-15 with sulfonic acid groups. Materials with different amounts of sulfonic acid groups were prepared. It was observed that the catalytic activity increases with the amount of sulfonic acid groups on SBA-15 until a maximum. With high amount of sulfonic groups, a decrease of activity is observed. All catalysts show high selectivity to (2-butyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl) methanol. The catalyst [SO3H]3-SBA-15 showed a good stabilized.