Effect of the Acidic Treatment on the Catalitic Properties of Natural Aluminosilicates in Glycerol Acetylation

The kinetics of the reaction of glycerol with acetic acid in the presence of natural aluminosilicates treated with nitric acid has been investigated. The influence of a molar ratio of the reagents, the reaction temperature and the catalyst mass fraction on glycerol conversion, as well as a rate of the accumulation of the products and their selectivities has been studied. It is established that in presence of clinoptilolite and trepel, monoacetin is the main product. In the case of bentonite, with the increase in the molar fraction of acetic acid and the catalyst mass fraction, the selectivity of monoacetin decreases due to a diacetin accumulation.