Catalytic Synthesis of Dioctyl Phthalate over Al-MCM-41 Molecular Sieves

摘要

In this paper, mesoporous MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41(Si/Al =100, 70, 40, 10, 5) molecular sieves were synthesized by direct hydrothermal process and characterized by various analytical techniques. Their catalytic performance in the synthesis of dioctyl phthalate (DOP) was also studied. The results show that while keeping the mesostructure of Al-MCM-41(Si/Al=100, 70, 40), increasing Al content can increase the acidity and so forth effectively improve the catalytic activity. But too much aluminum incorporation can destroy the structure of Al-MCM-41(Si/Al=10). The Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves with proper Si/Al ratios have good catalytic activity and stability in DOP synthesis. When Al-MCM-41(40) was used as the catalyst, A high PA conversion of 98.45% can be reached in 4 h. After being reused for five times, Al-MCM-41(40) still remains good catalytic activity.