Dodecanoic zirconia catalyst

Figure 3. Stability of the sulfated zirconia catalyst in the esterification reaction of dodecanoic acid with 2-ethylhexanol - conversions given at 25, 45 and 75 minutes.

Table 8.7 Kinetic parameters for the esterification of dodecanoic acid with 2-ethylhexanol catalyzed by sulfated zirconia catalyst.

Figure 33.2. Esterification of dodecanoic acid with methanol, using an alcohokacid ratio of 3 1 and sulfated zirconia (SZ) as catalyst.

Figure 14.9 Esterification of dodecanoic acid with 2-ethylhexanol comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous acid catalysts at 130°C (left) comparison of Amberlyst, Nafion and sulfated zirconia (SZ) at 150°C (right). The amount of solid catalyst, 3wt%, refers to the total mass of reactants [23, 24].

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