the influence of modified ek2010 catalyst to the decarboxylation of oleic acid

It is known that the zeolite type catalytic system is the main catalyst of decarboxylation process. however, the influence of modification of acid–base properties of this type of catalyst to the decarboxylation reaction of organic acids is not investigated widely. therefore, the modification of the bifunctional “ek2010” catalyst with mgo is conducted in the submitted paper. the influence of this modification to the route of decarboxylation process of organic acids and yield of target products have been investigated in the example of oleic acid. it is found out that, when the basicity is increasing, the modification occurs on the surface of catalyst and the activity of the catalyst is rising and decarboxylation reaction of oleic acid is going very well. the catalysts was investigated with xrd, xrf, tga and ir techniques.