Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mensintesis dan meneliti kemampuan katalitik katalis berbasis material hibrid silika-organosilika terfungsionalisasi sulfonat dengan mereaksikan secara sol-gel, prekursor silika dengan prekursor Periodic Mesoporous Organosillica dan diaplikasikan sebagai katalis reaksi esterifikasi asam lemak bebas dengan gliserol. Material ini berhasil disintesis didukung dengan karakterisasi menggunakan Fourier transform infrared (FT–IR), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (FESEM-Edx), X–ray diffraction (XRD), dan Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). Untuk meneliti kemampuan katalitik katalis ini, maka dibandingkan dengan kelima jenis katalis lain yaitu SBA-15, SBA-15-PrSO3H dengan tiga macam variasi, dan Ph-PMO-PrSO3H. Dalam membandingkan kemampuan katalitik keenam jenis katalis ini dilakukan reaksi esterifikasi dengan kondisi yang telah ditetapkan, yaitu pada suhu 200oC, waktu reaksi selama 120 menit dengan persen berat katalis sebesar 1%. Didapatkan nilai persen konversi asam terbaik dengan menggunakan material hibrid, dimana didapatkan persen konversi sebesar 34,37%. Kemudian, dengan menggunakan katalis hibrid diselidiki keadaan optimum reaksi (perbandingan molar reaktan, selang waktu dan persen jumlah katalis). Didapatkan kondisi optimum reaksi pada variabel rasio molar reaktan (gliserol: asam oleat) terbaik pada rasio (4:1) dengan yield 34,37%, variasi selang waktu 300 menit menghasilkan yield optimum sebesar 39,23% dan jumlah katalis sebesar 5% berat reaktan yang menghasilkan yield 86,53%. The purpose of this study was to synthesize and investigate the catalytic ability of a sulfonate functionalized silica-organosilica hybrid based catalyst by reacting sol-gel, silica precursors with Periodic Mesoporous Organosillica precursors and applied as a catalyst for the esterification of free fatty acids with glycerol. This material was successfully synthesized supported by characterization using Fourier transform infrared (FT–IR), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (FESEM-Edx), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Surface Area Analyzer (SAA). . To examine the catalytic ability of this catalyst, it was compared with five types of catalysts, namely SBA-15, SBA-15-PrSO3H with three variations, and Ph-PMO-PrSO3H. In comparing the catalytic ability, this type of catalyst was subjected to an esterification reaction with predetermined conditions, namely at a temperature of 200oC, a reaction time of 120 minutes with a catalyst percentage of 1%. The best acid conversion percentage value was obtained using a hybrid material, where the conversion percentage was 34.37%. Then, using a hybrid catalyst provides the optimal reaction state (molar reaction ratio, time lapse and percentage of catalyst). The optimum reaction conditions were obtained at the best reactant (glycerol: oleic acid) molar ratio variable at a ratio (4:1) with a yield of 34.37%, a variation of the time interval of 300 minutes produced an optimum yield of 39.23% and the amount of catalyst was 5% by weight. reactants which yield 86.53% yield. |