Chiang Mai Journal of Science

Liquid Phase Styrene Epoxidation Catalyzed by Rice Husk Ash Silica Derived Mesoporous Calcium Silicate and Calcite-type Calcium Carbonate Catalyst

Paper Type	Contributed Paper
Title	Liquid Phase Styrene Epoxidation Catalyzed by Rice Husk Ash Silica Derived Mesoporous Calcium Silicate and Calcite-type Calcium Carbonate Catalyst
Author	Anwar Iqbal*, Kok-Hou Tan, Farook Adam, Noor Hana Hanif Abu Bakar, Mohammad Norazmi Ahmad and Muhammad Rahimi Yusop*
Email	anwariqbal@usm.my; rahimi@ukm.edu.my
Abstract: A series of rice husk ash silica derived mesoporous calcium silicate, and calcium carbonate catalysts were synthesized via a direct one-pot synthesis technique by varying the calcium/CTAB molar ratio (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00). The aragonite-type calcium carbonate crystalline phase was formed on the catalyst surface when the Ca/CTAB molar ratio was < 1.00, whereas calcite-type calcium carbonate was formed when the Ca/CTAB ratio=1.00. The catalyst with the highest calcium content (1.00CaMST) with calcite-type calcium species was found to be the most active in styrene epoxidation reaction using H2O2 oxidant at mild conditions (60 °C, 3 h). The conversion of styrene and styrene oxide selectivity was 66.9% and 79.2%, respectively. Octahedrally coordinated calcite active sites were identified as more accessible to H2O2 molecules than the nine-fold coordinated aragonite active sites. The product selectivity changed when the catalyst was reused due to the decomposition of carbonate surface active sites. The selectivity of benzaldehyde and phenylacetaldehyde increased when 1.00CaMST was used for the third and fourth cycles.
Start & End Page	611 - 630
Received Date	2020-06-02
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Accepted Date	2020-09-17
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Keyword	calcium silicate, mesoporous silica, styrene epoxidation, styrene oxide, calcium carbonate, rice husk
Volume	Vol.48 No.2 (March 2021)
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