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Acid that is insoluble in the reaction medium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solid acids are acids that are insoluble in the reaction medium. They are often used as heterogeneous catalysts. Many solid acids are zeolites.[1] A variety of techniques are used to quantify the strength of solid acids.[2]
Examples of inorganic solid acids include silico-aluminates (zeolites, alumina, silico-aluminophosphate), and sulfated zirconia. Many transition metal oxides are acidic, including titania, zirconia, and niobia.[3] Such acids are used in cracking.[1] Many solid Brønsted acids are also employed industrially, including polystyrene sulfonate, solid phosphoric acid, niobic acid, and heteropolyoxometallates.[4]
Solid acids are used in catalysis in many industrial chemical processes, from large-scale catalytic cracking in petroleum refining to the synthesis of various fine chemicals.[5]
One large scale application is alkylation, e.g., the combination of benzene and ethylene to give ethylbenzene. Another application is the rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam.[6][7][8] Many alkylamines are prepared by amination of alcohols, catalyzed by solid acids.
Acylations are also catalyzed by solid acids.[9]<ref>Sartori, Giovanni; Maggi, Raimondo (2011). "Update 1 of: Use of Solid Catalysts in Friedel−Crafts Acylation Reactions". Chemical Reviews. 111 (5): PR181–PR214. doi:10.1021/cr100375z. PMID 21488695.</ref Solid acids can be used as [[electrolytes]] in [[Solid acid fuel cell|fuel cells]].<ref name=":1" />
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