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Crosslinked polystyrene beads modified with sulfonyl groups and their application in aromatic/aliphatic hydrocarbons separation

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The separation of aromatic hydrocarbons from aromatic/aliphatic mixtures was investigated with cross-linked polystyrene(CPS) beads modified with sulfonyl groups. Three sulfonating agents, i.e. benzenesulfonyl chloride( BsCl), 4-toluene sulfonyl chloride(TsCl) and methanesulfonyl chloride(MsCl) were used to prepare sulfonyl CPS beads by Friedel-Crafts reaction. The CPS beads modified with BsCl exhibited higher sulfonation rate than those modified with MsCl and TsCl and obtained optimum selectivity in the experiments of toluene/n-heptane separation. Further separation tests with various other aromatic/aliphatic mixtures were carried out at an initial aromatic concentration of 13%(mass fraction) with the results showing that the modified beads have preferential selectivity for aromatic hydrocarbons in all aromatic/aliphatic mixtures, and especially a separation factor of 8.21 and a swelling ratio of 30% for toluene/cyclohexane system. The thermal stability and regeneration test indicate that the used polystyrene beads can be recovered through heat-drying and reused effectively.

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  1. College of Material Science and Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun, 130118, P. R. China

    Huanyang Yu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Huanyang Yu, Zhenzhen Cai, Zuosen Shi & Zhanchen Cui

  3. Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, P. R. China

    Jingjing Guan

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21204028, 51173063).

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Yu, H., Cai, Z., Guan, J. et al. Crosslinked polystyrene beads modified with sulfonyl groups and their application in aromatic/aliphatic hydrocarbons separation. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 30, 1066–1070 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-014-4156-1

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