In the present research, a naturally occurring clay mineral, montmorillonite (MMT) from the smectite clay family has been used to carry out intercalation reaction with a quaternary ammonium surfactant to synthesize a heterogeneous catalyst. This MMT-supported heterogeneous catalyst was used in triphase catalytic system where the catalyst and each of a pair of reactants are located in three different phases (normally, org., aq., and a solid phase). We have studied the kinetics of the S<sub>N</sub>2 type of displacement reaction converting butyl bromide to butyl chloride. The main purpose in this study was to vary the amount of solid heterogeneous catalyst, while monitoring the kinetics of the reaction. An increase in the reaction rate was observed by increasing the amount of solid catalyst while a linear relationship was absent.

Effect of solid catalyst concentration in a triphase catalytic reaction

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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