Open AccessToluene side chain alkylation with methanol over silica catalyst
Author(s) -
Muhammad Arif Ab Aziz,
Aishah Abdul Jalil,
A.F.A. Rahman,
N.A.A. Fatah,
S.M. Izan,
Ijaz Hussain,
H.U. Hambali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/808/1/012004
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , toluene , alkylation , physisorption , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemistry , adsorption , desorption , mesoporous material , mesoporous silica , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , engineering
MSN and SiO 2 catalyst were investigated on side chain toluene alkylation with methanol reaction. Characterization of the catalyst were carried out by XRD, N 2 physisorption analysis, FTIR spectroscopy. A pyrrole adsorption FTIR study reveals shifting of perturbed NH stretching increasing slightly in MSN compared to SiO 2 catalyst revealed that MSN possessed higher basic sites than SiO 2 . N 2 adsorption desorption isotherm analysis showed that MSN possessed higher surface area than SiO 2 as well as increased the amount of mesopores in catalyst. The catalytic side chain toluene alkylation with methanol reaction was conducted in the range of 523K-673K under atmospheric pressure. MSN exhibits the highest catalytic performance compared to SiO 2 catalyst.