Optimization of a Ti-MWW Catalysed Phenol Hydroxylation Process
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Agnieszka Wróblewska
Abstracts
As a result of phenol hydroxylation, two useful products can be received: hydroquinone and pyrocatechol. In this work the hydroxylation of phenol with hydrogen peroxide over the Ti-MWW catalyst has been studied. Optimization studies were performed by application of a statistical experimental design method utilizing a rotatable-uniform design. The influence of five parameters on the course of this process was examined: temperature (120-150°C), molar ratio of phenol/hydrogen peroxide (0.5-1.5), acetonitrile - solvent content (20- 50 wt%), catalyst - Ti-MWW content (8-18 wt%) and reaction time (60-120 min). The process description was based on four response functions: the conversion of phenol to organic compounds, the yield of pyrocatechol, the yield of hydroquinone and the conversion of phenol to tars. The most favourable parameters for the process of phenol hydroxylation were as follows: temperature 147-150°C, molar ratio of phenol/hydrogen peroxide 0.5-0.6, acetonitrile content 21-24 wt%, Ti-MWW content 10.3-10.6, reaction time 221-236 min. In summary, these the most favourable parameters allow one to obtain pyrocatechol with the yield of 18 mol%, hydroquinone with the yield of 20 mol%, at the conversion of phenol to organic compounds 38 mol% in relatively mild and safe conditions. These results also showed that Ti-MWWcatalyst can be a good substitute for TS-1 catalyst.
© 2016 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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