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Oxidation of NMST to NMSBA catalyzed by Co/Mn/Br together with porous carbon made from coconut shell with acetic acid as an activator

  • Feng Guo , Hua-jie Liu , Xin-zhi Zhou and Xiang-li Long EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: October 28, 2022
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 21 Issue 5

Abstract

In this paper, a heterogeneous catalytic system consisting of Co/Mn/Br/activated carbon is used to catalyze 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid (NMSBA) production from the oxidation of 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyltoluene (NMST) by oxygen. The activated carbon (AC) is made from coconut shell with acetic acid as an activator. The experiments indicate that the best AC is made by immersing coconut shell in 12 mol L−1 HAc solution at 50 °C for 32 h with a liquid/solid ratio (mL/g) of 5:1 and then being heated in nitrogen at 800 °C for 6 h. Compared with the Co/Mn/Br/H3PMo12O40@CAC (CAC, commercial activated carbon originated from coconut shell) catalytic system, the Co/Mn/Br/AC catalytic system is able to gain much higher NMSBA selectivity. In spite of holding smaller surface and less acidic groups, the AC owns much more carboxyl than CAC, which is the main reason for its better performance in the preparation of NMSBA.

Keywords: 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid; 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyltoluene; acetic acid; activated carbon; catalysis
Corresponding author: Xiang-li Long, State-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai, 200237, People’s Republic of China, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-01-20
Accepted: 2022-09-18
Published Online: 2022-10-28

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Keywords for this article
2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid; 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyltoluene; acetic acid; activated carbon; catalysis

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  3. Numerical study of post-combustion characteristic in a smelting reduction furnace
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