TY  - JOUR
ID  - scholars3922
N2  - Production of polyol ester from esterification of hexanoic acid (HA) and neopentyl glycol (NPG) was investigated. An optimization experiment, using a Taguchi L9 experimental layout, was used to examine the effect of temperature, pressure, HA:NPG ratio and catalyst amount. The effects of pressure (0.5, 25 and 50 kPa); temperature (423, 453 and 483 K); catalyst amount (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5  w/w) and HA:NPG ratio (1.5:1, 3:1 and 6:1) were investigated and found to have impacts on the reaction. The percentage contribution of each factors are 43.9, 38.8, 4.3 and 12.9 , respectively. At the optimal reaction conditions of 423 K, 0.5 kPa, sulfuric acid catalyst 0.5  w/w and HA:NPG ratio (3:1) more than 99  w/w neopentyl glycol ester was obtained. Confirmation experiments were performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach and characterization of neopentyl glycol ester was characterized using FTIR and 1H NMR.
IS  - 15
VL  - 25
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84886627440&doi=10.14233%2fajchem.2013.14362&partnerID=40&md5=0910a22fa4636e82e5ad7f4da1a1848f
JF  - Asian Journal of Chemistry
A1  - Kamil, R.N.M.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Ismail, L.
Y1  - 2013///
SP  - 8256
TI  - Application of taguchi method for optimization of polyol ester production by esterification of neopentyl glycol with hexanoic acid
N1  - cited By 4
AV  - none
EP  - 8260
SN  - 09707077
PB  - Chemical Publishing Co.
ER  -