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Amberlyst® 15 Ion Exchange Resin

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hydrogen form, >50 mesh, strongly acidic

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CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
23151817
NACRES:
SB.52

product name

Amberlyst® 15 hydrogen form, strongly acidic, cation exchanger, dry

form

beads

quality

dry

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Catalysis
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parameter

120 °C max. temp.

moisture

≤1.6%

technique(s)

LPLC: suitable

loss

~5% loss on drying, 110 °C

matrix

styrene-divinylbenzene (macroreticular)

matrix active group

sulfonic acid functional group

particle size

<300 μm

operating pH

0-14

capacity

1.7 meq/mL by wetted bed volume
4.7 meq/g by dry weight

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separation technique

cation exchange

InChI

1S/C10H10.C8H8O3S/c1-3-9-7-5-6-8-10(9)4-2;1-2-7-5-3-4-6-8(7)12(9,10)11/h3-8H,1-2H2;2-6H,1H2,(H,9,10,11)

InChI key

SIWVGXQOXWGJCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Amberlyst-15 is a Brønsted acidic resin catalyst.
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Application

Amberlyst-15 has been used as a catalyst for the etherification of furanyl alcohols by using both ethanol and butanol solutions. Amberlyst-15 hydrogen form has been used as an acid resin catalyst for the conversion of furfuryl alcohol into ethyl levulinate in lipid ethanol and for biodiesel production from triolein in a batch reaction system by transesterification method at high temperatures.
Strongly acidic cation exchange resin used as a heterogeneous acid catalysis; suitable for non-aqueous catalysis.

Chem/Phys Resistance

Swelling (dry to solvent saturated, %):
hexane 10-15; toluene 10-15; ethylene dichloride 15-20; ethylene acetate 30-40; 95% ethylene alcohol 60-70; water 60-70.

Legal Information

Amberlyst is a registered trademark of The Dow Chemical Company or an affiliated company of Dow

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ion-exchange resins as catalysts in transesterification of triolein.
Paterson G, et al.
Catalysis Today, 212(10), 157-163 (2013)
A recyclable Amberlyst-15-catalyzed threecomponent reaction in water to synthesize
diarylmethyl sulfones
Kuchukulla RR, et al.
Green Chemistry, 21, 5808-5812 (2019)
Biomass conversion to diesel via the etherification of furanyl alcohols catalyzed by Amberlyst-15.
Sacia, et al.
J. Catal., 313, 70-79 (2014)
Acid-catalyzed conversion of furfuryl alcohol to ethyl levulinate in liquid ethanol.
Maldonado GMG, et al.
Energy & Environmental Science, 5(10), 8990-8997 (2012)

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