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Abstract
Most of the conventional catalysts exhibited limitations in catalyzing etherification reactions. In this study, functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube (F-CNT) catalyst containing Lewis acid sites were prepared via functionalization with sulfuric acid and the catalytic performances in the etherification of tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) with ethanol were investigated. Characterization of F-CNTs with thermogravimetric analysis, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, pyridine adsorption, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia and nitrogen adsorption were performed to correlate the characteristics with the catalytic performances. The catalyst showed a high catalytic performance and high selectivity in the etherification reaction. The best reaction conditions obtained consist of 4 h of reaction time at 140°C, an ethanol:TBA molar ratio of 2:1 and a catalyst loading of 3 wt%. The best conversion of TBA and TBA selectivity toward ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) were 64% and 68%, respectively. No significant degradation of the catalytic performance was observed after four consecutive reactions and the catalyst was easily regained after regeneration. A mechanism for the etherification reaction was also proposed.
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