Abstract

Nanik Wijayati^1,2, Ella Kusumastuti¹, Dante Alighiri*^1,2, Baiti Rohmawati¹ and Retno Ariadi Lusiana³

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/350150

The purpose of this study is to determine the most effective type of heterogeneous catalyst such as natural zeolite (ZA), Zr-natural zeolite (Zr/ZA) and zeolite Y (H/ZY) in esterification of α-pinene. α-terpinyl acetate was successfully synthesized from α-pinene and acetic anhydride by their heterogeneous catalysts. The esterification reaction was carried out with reaction time, temperature and zeolite catalysts. The most effective catalysts used in the synthesis of α-terpinyl acetate is catalyst H/ZY with the yield is 52.83% at 40°C for the time 4 hours with a selectivity of 61.38%. The results showed that the effective separation of catalyst could contribute to developing a new strategy for the synthesis of α-terpinyl acetate.

α-pinene; Esterification; Terpinyl Acetate; Zeolite

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