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Quest for a structure-property relationship in sulfonated graphene catalysts for the additive esterification of carboxylic acids and olefins

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We report the catalytic property of sulfonated reduced graphene oxide (SO3H-rGO) in the context of the additive esterification between carboxylic acids and olefins. The acid concentration in SO3H-rGO can be modified during preparation, the SO3H-rGO-5 at the optimal concentration of 2.66 mmol/g exhibits the highest catalytic activity in the additive reaction between acetic acid and isobutylene. The SO3H-rGO can exhibit better catalytic activity than two benchmark porous catalysts such as sulfonated activated carbons (SO3H-AC) and sulfonated SBA-15 (SO3H-SBA). Specifically, the superior performance of SO3H-SrGO observed for substrates with large steric hindrance (camphene and acrylic acid) suggests that its 2D sheet-like nanostructure can circumvent the mass transfer issue presented in conventional porous heterogeneous catalysts.

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The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by National Natural Science of China (21676141, 21606130), National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0307304), Six Major Talent Peak Project of Jiangsu Province (XCL-017) and Project “333” of Jiangsu Province (BRA2016418).

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  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Zhuxiu Zhang, Yanmei Liao, Qiumin Mei, Huili Liu, Jihai Tang, Zhaoyang Fei, Xian Chen, Mifen Cui, Qing Liu & Xu Qiao

  2. Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Jihai Tang & Xu Qiao

  3. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 5 Xinmofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Jihai Tang, Zhaoyang Fei & Xu Qiao

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Zhang, Z., Liao, Y., Mei, Q. et al. Quest for a structure-property relationship in sulfonated graphene catalysts for the additive esterification of carboxylic acids and olefins. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 122, 901–914 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-017-1235-6

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