Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 743-746.doi: 10.1007/s40242-013-3091-x

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Catalysts for Hydration of Cyclohexene to Cyclohexanol

FANG De-ren1,2, LU Jin-yan1, ZHANG Hui-min2, LI Jie2, WANG Yan-yan2   

  1. 1. Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Yantai 264005, P. R. China;
    2. Institute of Applied Catalysis, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China
  • Received:2013-03-06 Revised:2013-06-05 Online:2013-08-01 Published:2013-07-15
  • Contact: FANG De-ren E-mail:fdr@ytu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the Science and Technology Development Project of Shandong Province, China(No.2012G0020224).

Abstract:

The hydration of cyclohexene was determined in a stirred tank of 100 mL in a batch mode in the presence of modified or unmodified resin as catalyst. The ion-exchange sulfonate resin was modified with alkyl secondary amine. At an optimum amination rate of 15%, the conversion of cyclohexene reached to 22% and the selectivity of cyclohexanol was 95.6%. In a temperature range of 90―150 ℃, the activity and selectivity of the modified resin ca-talyst were much higher than those of the unmodified resin catalyst, which was attributed to the inclusion formed between cyclohexene and alkyl chain and also the quasi-lipophilic phase formed around the outer surface of resin beads. The formed quasi-lipophilic phase formed enhanced the conversion of cyclohexene and depressed the formation of by-products.

Key words: Hydration, Cyclohexene, Ion-exchange resin, Modification, Aminate rate