Promotional effect of iron on the activity of TiO2 in the production of adipic acid

Promotional effect of iron on the activity of TiO2 in the production of adipic acid

Ameur Nawal  Bachir Redouane  Bedrane Sumeya  Choukchou-Braham Abderrahim 

High School of Electrical and Energetic Engineering of Oran (ESGEE), Algeria

Laboratory of Catalysis and Synthesis in Organic Chemistry (LCSCO), Tlemcen, Algeria

Corresponding Author Email: 
ameurnawel@yahoo.fr
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173-188
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https://doi.org/10.3166/ACSM.41.173-188
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Abstract: 

Designing a new process for the synthesis of adipic acid using green conditions is important to achieve its sustainable development. In this paper, we present a synthesis of adipic acid in one step under a green and mild reaction conditions. The oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid using molecular oxygen as oxidant was carried out over different heterogeneous X%Fe2O3/TiO2 catalysts. The catalysts exhibited good conversion (32.5%) and high product (Adipic Acid) selectivity (91.4%). The catalysts were characterized by ICP AES analysis, N2 adsorption–desorption Isotherm (BET), FT-IR, DR/UV–Vis and DRX techniques. A comparison between the effect of the preparation method; impregnation in this work and sol gel method in previous work of the catalyst is discussed

Keywords: 

oxidation, cyclohexene, adipic acid, iron, titania

1. Introduction
2. Results and discussions
3. Experimental Section
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