Preliminary Research on Desulfurization of Simulated Diesel Fuel with Peroxotungstate Biquaternary Ammonium Salt/H 2 O 2 System.

A biquaternary ammonium salt catalyst, chloride-1,4-dibenzyl-diaza-bi-cyclo [2.2.2] octane peroxotungstate (peroxotungstate biquaternary ammonium salt), was prepared, the structure of which was determined through infrared spectrometry, and was applied in desulfurization of simulated diesel fuel. Under the circumstances in which the close ion-pair of biquaternary ammonium cation and peroxotungstate anion was formed, the mechanism of phase transfer catalysis was offered with analyzing experimental process and data. The desulfurization efficiency reached 99.35% when the reaction temperature was 60°C, the reaction time was 20 min, and the molar ratio of peroxotungstate biquaternary ammonium salt to H2O2 was 0.015. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]