The production of transportation fuels which have a very low content of sulfur has became one of the priority challenges for the oil industry worldwide, due to by strict new regulatory requirements. Ionic liquids (ILs) have been proposed as suitable and promising solvents for this purpose due to their excellent qualities as solvents. In this work a series of ten new ILs derived from pyridinium cation substituted with different alkyl chains have been synthesized from 2-alkyl-3,5-dimethylpyridines. The starting materials were prepared by selective metalation of 2,3,5-trimethylpyridine, which allowed the introduction of different alkyl groups in pyridine position 2 with high yields. To test the ILs sulfur-removal capacity, liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) data for ternary systems (heptane + thiophene + IL) were determined at T = 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. Selectivity and solute distribution ratio, calculated from tie-lines, were used to evaluate whether these new ILs could be used as solvents for the extraction of thiophene from heptane. Finally, the experimental LLE data were correlated with the NRLT thermodynamic model.
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硫量极低的运输燃料已成为全球石油工业的首要挑战之一,这是由于严格的新法规要求所致。
离子液体(ILs)因其作为溶剂的卓越性能,已被提议为适用于此目的的有前景的溶剂。在本研究中,从2-烷基-3,5-二
甲基吡啶出发,合成了十个源自
吡啶鎓阳离子并带有不同烷基链的新型ILs。起始材料是通过选择性
金属化2,3,5-三
甲基吡啶制备的,该方法能够以高产率在
吡啶的2位引入不同的烷基基团。为了测试这些ILs的除
硫能力,在T = 298.15 K和常压下确定了一系列三元体系(
正庚烷+
噻吩+IL)的液-液平衡(LLE)数据。通过配平线计算的选择性和溶质分布比,用于评估这些新型ILs是否可用作从
正庚烷中提取
噻吩的溶剂。最后,实验LLE数据与NRLT热力学模型进行了关联。