Esterification of salicylic acid using ce4+ modified cation-exchange resin as catalyst

• MING ZHANG ^[1] ; WEN SHUAI ZHU ^[1] ; HUA MING LI ^[1] ; HUA SHI ^[1] ; YONG SHENG YAN ^[1] ; ZHIGAO WANG ^[1]
  1. [1] Jiangsu University

     Jiangsu University

     China

     
• Localización: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society (Boletín de la Sociedad Chilena de Química), ISSN-e 0717-6309, ISSN 0366-1644, Vol. 57, Nº. 4, 2012, págs. 1477-1481
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The esterification of salicylic acid with methanol was carried out over a series of Ce4+modified cation-exchange resins. The effect of different reaction conditions was studied on the conversion of salicylic acid, and the optimal reaction parameters were obtained. The experimental results indicated that Ce(SC^A)Olx7 was an effective catalyst for the synthesis of methyl salicylate. The conversion of salicylic acid could reach 93.3% while its selectivity was more than 99.0%. SEM-EDS and TG-DSC analysis were employed to characterize the structure and property of the catalyst. Besides, the catalytic performance of Ce(SC^A)Olx7 in the esterification of salicylic acid with different alcohols was compared. The reusability of Ce(SC^A)Olx7 was also studied by using salicylic acid and methanol as model substrates. The mechanism was proposed for the esterification of salicylic acid with methanol over Ce4+modified cation-exchange resins.