Polyethyleneglycol catalytic dehydration kinetics in the liquid phase

Eleven representative polyethyleneglycol (25322–68–3) catalytic dehydration reactions have been studied in the liquid phase at atmospheric pressure. The aim of this research is to build a kinetic model representative of the polyethyleneglycol dehydration process. Three types of reaction take place simultaneously in the process: cyclisation, condensation and alcoholysis. Activation energies and frequency factors are given, and the relationships between kinetic parameters and chain length of reactants and products are discussed according to the reaction type.