Polyoxometalate Dicationic Ionic Liquids as Catalyst for Extractive Coupled Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization

Jingwen Li, Yanwen Guo, Junjun Tan, Bing Hu
2021 Catalysts  
Wettability is an important factor affecting the performance of catalytic oxidative desulfurization. In order to develop an efficient catalyst for the extractive coupled catalytic oxidative desulfurization (ECODS) of fuel oil by H2O2 and acetonitrile, a novel family of imidazole-based polyoxometalate dicationic ionic liquids (POM-DILs) [Cn(MIM)2]PW12O40 (n = 2,4,6) was synthesized by modifying phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40) with double imidazole ionic liquid. These kinds of catalysts have
more » ... dispersity in oil phase and H2O2, which is conducive to the deep desulfurization of fuel oil. The catalytic performance of the catalysts was studied under different conditions by removing aromatic sulfur compound dibenzothiophene (DBT) from model oil. Results showed that [C2(MIM)2]PW12O40 had excellent desulfurization efficiency, and more than 98% of DBT was removed under optimum conditions. In addition, it also exhibited good recyclability, and activity with no significant decline after seven reaction cycles. Meanwhile, dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO2), the only oxidation product of DBT, was confirmed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), and a possible mechanism of the ECODS process was proposed.
doi:10.3390/catal11030356 fatcat:o7mshg5l4van3ahj2gld3nudiu