The pyridinium-based ionic liquids (ILs) N-butylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([BPy][BF 4 ]), N-hexylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([HPy][BF 4 ]), and N-octylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([OPy][BF 4 ]) were found to be effective for the selective removal of aromatic heterocyclic sulfur compounds from diesel at room temperature. The results suggested that the structure and size of the cation greatly affect the extractive performance of ILs. The extractive performance using pyridinium-based ILs followed the orderand for the IL, the sulfur removal selectivity of sulfur compounds followed the order thiophene (TS) < benzothiophene (BT) < dibenzothiophene (DBT) under the same conditions. The pyridinium-based ILs would not contaminate the diesel due to their insolubility. On the other hand, diesel has a certain solubility in pyridinium-based ILs, varying from 0.49 wt % for [BPy][BF 4 ] to 1.97 wt % for [OPy][BF 4 ]. According to the results, [HPy][BF 4 ] and [OPy][BF 4 ] might be used as promising solvents for the extractive desulfurization of diesel.

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in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com).Mesoporous aluminosilicate (MAS) was synthesized by hydrothermal method with zeolite NaY as precursor and CTMAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) as structure directing agent. Desulfurization adsorbents were characterized with XRD, BET, FTIR and NH 3 -TPD. FTIR results showed that Lewis acid sites act as adsorption centers for dibenzothiophene (DBT) molecules. The adsorption desulfurization ability of MAS was studied in model and hydrotreated diesel. For model oil containing 10mmol/L DBT, the adsorption capacity of adsorbents is NaY [ MAS [ MCM-41. For hydrotreated diesel, MAS shows the largest adsorption capacity, MCM-41 the second, and NaY shows the least adsorption capacity. The improvement of desulfurization ability of improvement of MAS by Cu(I) is more significant than that of MCM-41. The physicochemical properties of fuels, such as viscosity and aromatics concentration had great influence on the desulfurization property of adsorbents.

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