Production of glycerol carbonate from glycerol with aid of ionic liquid as catalyst

The rapid growth of biodiesel industry has led to a large surplus of its major unintentional byproduct particularly glycerol. Thus, finding a new application is necessary to convert glycerol to value added products. In this study, glycerol has been subjected to a transesterification reaction to synthesis glycerol carbonate (GC) over several selected ammonium and imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) as catalysts. It is believed that the...