Zinc oxide as a solid acid catalyst for esterification reaction
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Julio B. Fernandes; Anjani Nagvenkar; Sajo P. Naik
- Source
- Catalysis Communications. 65:20-23
- Subject
- inorganic chemicals
organic chemicals
Process Chemistry and Technology
Kinetics
Inorganic chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
General Chemistry
Zinc
Heterogeneous catalysis
Catalysis
Acetic acid
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Pyridine
Zeolite
BET theory
- Language
- ISSN
- 1566-7367
Zinc oxide and its composites with Hβ zeolite were produced under different synthesis conditions. The synthesized catalysts were evaluated for performance in esterification of n-butanol with acetic acid. BET surface area, XRD, and acidity (using NH3 and pyridine as probe molecules) were measured to correlate the activity with the structural features of the catalysts.