Original Article:
Fabrication of porous carbons from mesitylene for highly efficient CO2 capture: A rational choice improving the carbon loop
Shi-Chao Qi, et al.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 361, 945-952.
10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.167
Mesitylene is an important raw material for organic synthesis, such as for the preparation of trimesic acid, and as an antioxidant, epoxy resin curing agent, polyester resin stabilizer, and alkyd resin plasticizer. In this study, researchers employed mesitylene, a major component of heavy mixture (HM) in methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process, as the starting material for porous carbons (PCs) to improve carbon capture and reuse (CCR) cycle process.
Why was mesitylene chosen as the starting material for PCs in this work?
1. Mesitylene is the main and representative component of HM.
2. Compared with other aromatic raw materials such as toluene and xylene, the high symmetry of C3v-type mesitylene has only molecular configuration, which makes the topology of the desired polymer generated by electrophilic substitution onto the mesitylene aromatic ring completely predictable.
3. By introducing flexible methylene linkers, mesitylene can be used to generate lignin-like macromolecular structures, which can be the best candidates for the preparation of PCs.
For the above reasons, mesitylene was used to simulate biomass-based macromolecules as ideal precursors for porous carbon materials, which play a crucial role in adsorptive carbon capture.
Chemicals Related in the Paper:
| Catalog Number | Product Name | Structure | CAS Number | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACM69441163 | MESITYLENE-D12 |  |
69441-16-3 | Price |
| ACM576830 | 2-Bromomesitylene |  |
576-83-0 | Price |
