The supported material Fe2O3/HMCM-49 was prepared and characterized by XRD, FT-IR and NH3-TPD. This material was tested for the catalytic synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from methanol and urea in a batch reactor without any specially designed equipment. The results showed that Fe2O3/HMCM-49 is an effective catalyst, exhibiting 34.2% conversion of urea and 97.4% selectivity to DMC at 453 K. Furthermore, the catalyst can be recovered due to its heterogeneous nature and reused three times without a significant loss in its activity and the reaction mechanism via mutual activation of urea and methanol was proposed.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Zhang et al. (2011) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: