Direct Preparation Kinetics of 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol from Glycerol Using Acetic Acid Catalyst

Direct preparation of 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol from glycerol is carried out in a batch reactor using acetic acid catalyst at 363-393 K. The analytical technique, gas chromatography, is employed in order to follow the time evolution of the reagents. The kinetic model of the process is developed. Furthermore, the model parameters of the process are also determined by data fitting. The results show that direct preparation follows the S(N)2 mechanism. A kinetic model corresponding to the mechanism is proposed in this work. The experimental results show that the kinetic model agrees well with the experiments.