Browsing by Author "Mutlu, Vahide Nuran"

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Catalytic conversion of glucose to alkyl glucosides
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020-06) Mutlu, Vahide Nuran; Yılmaz, Selahattin
In this study, it was pursued to develop acidic mesoporous catalysts for the synthesis of octyl glucosides. Butyl glucoside synthesis was used for catalyst screening. Tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) incorporated mesoporous silica (TPA-SBA-15), sulfated La incorporated titania-silica (SO4/La-TiO2-SiO2), organosulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous silica (Propyl-SO3-SBA-15), and sulfated mesoporous carbon (SO4/CMK-3) catalysts were prepared for this purpose. The effects of the active species (sulfates, tungstophosphoric acid and organosulfonic acid) and promoter (La) on the catalyst properties and activity were investigated. All the catalysts had mesoporous structure and high surface area. The acidity and acid site character varied depending on the catalyst type and amount of the active sites. La promoter was found effective to enhance the sulfation performance and to improve the stability of sulfates. The TPA-SBA-15 catalysts provided high glucose conversions (over 99%) and butyl glucoside yields (over 95%) due to their acidity, Keggin ion structure and pore size. The SO4/La-TiO2-SiO2 catalysts and SO4/CMK-3 catalysts were also active with glucose conversions of 74.4 % and 70 % respectively. The reaction parameters such as the reaction temperature (117 and 100 oC) and catalyst amount (20 and 30 wt% wrt. glucose) were studied in butyl glucoside synthesis over TPA-SBA-15 and SO4/La-TiO2-SiO2 which were the most active catalysts. These catalysts were found to be reusable in glycosidation with 1-butanol. Octyl glucoside synthesis was carried out via direct glycosidation. The octyl glucoside yields obtained over TPA-SBA-15 and SO4/La-TiO2-SiO2 catalysts were above 55 % and 43 % respectively. The catalysts were found promising for further investigations.
Development of tungsten loaded and zirconia incorporated mesoporous catalysts for esterification of palmitic acid with cetyl alcohol
(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014) Mutlu, Vahide Nuran; Yilmaz, Selahattin
In this study, it was pursued to develop acidic mesoporous catalysts for esterification of cetyl alcohol by palmitic acid. For this, Zr incorporated SBA-15 was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. Zr-SBA-15 was used both as a catalyst support and as a catalyst itself. WO3 loading onto the Zr-SBA-15 was performed by incipient wetness impregnation. Additionally, WO3-ZrO2 catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation with two different contents of WO3 (15 wt% and 20 wt%). The reaction tests were carried out in mesitylene under reflux conditions. Zr was incorporated into SBA-15 successfully. The surface areas of Zr-SBA-15 and WO3/Zr-SBA-15 catalysts were significantly higher than that of WO3-ZrO2. Loading of WO3 decreased the surface area of Zr-SBA-15. The acidity of the WO3/Zr-SBA-15 with 15 wt% WO3 was higher than that of with 20 wt% WO3. Moreover, increasing the calcination temperature from 700 to 800 oC resulted in the increase of acidity. The activity of the catalysts differed. The only product obtained was cetyl palmitate. Under the test conditions it was found that the reaction rate was not limited by equilibrium. Zr-SBA-15 provided the highest conversion (64 %) which corresponded to cetyl palmitate yield of 63% among other mesoporous catalysts because of its high surface area (600.3 m2/g) and acidity (0.152 mmol NH3/g cat). This catalyst did not show leaching. WO3/Zr-SBA-15 based catalys tests showed that catalyst activity increased by increasing calcination temperature. This was atributed to better dispersion of W. The conversion of cetyl alcohol did not change much with more W loading.