Abstract
Hydrolysis of diethyl succinate as a consecutive reaction was investigated in a batch slurry reactor catalysed by cation exchange resin.
Two models, one realistic and one simplified, were derived. The differences between the models were not significant under the conditions of this study, and both showed good agreement with experimental data.
The catalytic activities for gel-type resins were higher than for a macroreticular (MR)-type resin and a free acid. For gel-type resins, the reaction rate per equivalent increased as crosslinking decreased.
