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Plastic-Derived Solid Acid Catalysts for the Production of Methyl 2-Hydroxyisobutyrate via Esterification

Department of Chemical Engineering , Myongji University 1Department of Mechanical, Smart, and Industrial Engineering , Gachon University
wonjongjung@gachon.ac.kr, jcjung@mju.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, August 2024, 41(8), 2297-2306(10), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-024-00154-w

Abstract

In this study, we successfully prepare solid acid catalysts using plastic as the starting material for the production of methyl

2-hydroxyisobutyrate (HBM) through the esterifi cation of 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (HBA) and methanol. Polyethylene (PE)

and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are sulfonated at diff erent temperatures (X) to obtain sulfonated polymer catalysts (SPE_X and

SPVC_X). Various characterizations clearly confi rm the introduction of sulfonic acid groups (–SO 3 H groups), which serve

as active sites in this reaction, on the PE and PVC surfaces via sulfonation. For the SPVC_X catalysts, an excessively high

sulfonation temperature facilitate the loss of chlorine groups (–Cl groups) via dehydrochlorination, resulting in a decrease

in catalytic activity. In particular, the –Cl groups improve the acidic properties and accessibility of reactants to the –SO 3 H

groups of the SPVC_X catalysts, leading to a high HBM yield. Therefore, the SPVC_120 catalyst show the highest HBM yield

(ca. 75%) because of the abundant –SO 3 H and –Cl groups on the catalyst surface. Furthermore, the catalytic performance of

the SPVC_120 catalyst surpassed those of commercial ion-exchange resins such as Amberlyst-15 and Nafi on NR50, which

are representative solid acid catalysts for esterifi cation.

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