简介：Silicawasused,asacatalystcarrier,toloadceroussulfateforcatalyzingthesynthesisofn-butylacetate.Themainpurposeofthisresearchwastoexplorethefeasibilityofsilicainimprovingthedecentralityandactivityofthecatalyst.Theeffectsofmolarratioofbutylalcoholtoaceticacid,theceroussulfateloadingsandthereactiontimeontheconversionofaceticacidwerestudiedbysinglefactorexperimentmethodandorthogonalexperimentmethodrespectively.Therefractiveindex(n20D)andmolecularstructureofthepreparedn-butylacetateweremeasuredbyAbbeRaefractometerandFourierTransformInfraredspectroscope,respectively.Thecomparisonsofthesilicaloadedandunloadedcatalystsforcatalyzingthesynthesisofn-butylacetateweremade.Theresultsshowedthatthesuitableconditionsforsynthesizingn-butylacetatewere:molarratioofbutylalcoholtoaceticacidof1.4∶1,uselevelofloadedceroussulfateof0.30gandreactiontimeof50min,respectively.Themaximumconversionofaceticacidforthesilicaloadedcatalystreached98.62%whichwas12.32%and16.43%higherthanthosefortheunloadedcatalystsreportedinliteratures,buttheuselevelofceroussulfatefortheformerwasmuchlessthanthoseforthelattersundersimilaroptimaltechnicalconditions.Thesilicawasprovedtobeagoodcatalystcarrierforenhancingdecentralityandactivityofthecatalystandincreasingtheconversionofaceticacid.Therepentanceofthesilicaloadedceroussulfatewasalsoinvestigatedintheexperiment.