Algerian Acid Activated Clays as Efficient Catalysts for a Green Synthesis of Solketal by Chemoselective Acetalization of Glycerol with Acetone

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Submitted: 28-03-2018
Published: 15-04-2019
Section: Original Research Articles
In 2019: BCREC Volume 14 Issue 1 Year 2019 (SCOPUS and Web of Science Indexed, April 2019)
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The production of solketal and conversion of glycerol takes a major importance in the field of the sustainability of the biodiesel industry. The synthesis of (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methanol by the acetalization of glycerol with acetone successfully applied out using various Algerian acid activated clays (maghnia-H+) under autogenous pressure and without solvent. The acid catalyst clays are prepared by an easy technique by activation with the available and low-cost Maghnia clay. The purified Maghnia clay named ALC and the resulting series of acid-activated clays AL1, AL2, AL3, and AL4 are characterized by X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) investigation, N2-adorption/desorption Brunauer–Emmett–Teller  (BET) surface area, X-rays Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra Red (FT-IR) spectroscopy, SEM microscopy and the cation exchange capacity (CEC) with copper bisethylenediamine complex method, in order to study the effect of activation at the acid and the catalytic behaviour in the acetalization reaction. The results show a high catalytic activity whose that the yield of solketal production interest reached 95 % at a temperature of 40 °C for a reaction time of 48 hours with full selectivity and glycerol conversion reaching up to 89 %. A mechanistic is proposed to explain the chemoselective of solketal production. These results indicate the potential of this Algerian acid activated clays catalysts for the acetalization of glycerol for an environmentally benign process. Copyright © 2018 BCREC Group. All rights reserved

Received: 28th March 2018; Revised: 17th October 2018; Accepted: 30th October 2018; Available online: 25th January 2019; Published regularly: April 2019

How to Cite: Alali, K., Lebsir, F., Amri, S., Rahmouni, A., Srasra, E., Besbes, N. (2019). Algerian Acid Activated Clays as Efficient Catalysts for a Green Synthesis of Solketal by Chemoselective Acetalization of Glycerol with Acetone. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 14 (1): 130-141 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.14.1.2445.130-141)

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Keywords

Acetalization; Acid Activated Clay; Glycerol Conversion; Solketal; Biodiesel

  1. Kouider Alali 
    Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Méthodes de Calcul, Université Docteur Moulay Tahar , 20002, Saida, Algeria Laboratoire Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Oran1 Ahmed Benbela, 31000 Oran, Algeria
    Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Méthodes de Calcul, Faculté des Sciences, Université Docteur Moulay Tahar  20002,  Saida, Algérie
  2. Fouad Lebsir 
    Laboratoire Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Oran1 Ahmed Benbela , 31000 Oran, Algeria
  3. Sondes Amri 
    Laboratoire Matériaux Composites et Minéraux Argileux, Centre National des Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux, Technopole de Borj Cerdia , Soliman, 8027, Tunisia
  4. Ali Rahmouni 
    Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Méthodes de Calcul, Université Docteur Moulay Tahar , 20002, Saida, Algeria
  5. Ezzedine Srasra 
    Laboratoire Matériaux Composites et Minéraux Argileux, Centre National des Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux, Technopole de Borj Cerdia , Soliman, 8027, Tunisia
  6. Néji Besbes 
    Laboratoire Matériaux Composites et Minéraux Argileux, Centre National des Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux, Technopole de Borj Cerdia , Soliman, 8027, Tunisia
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