Solid base catalyst and method for making and using the same

A solid base catalyst comprising

• an organic base,
• an inorganic base;
• and
• a carrier,
• wherein the organic base is polymerized with the carrier, and the inorganic base is physically adsorbed in the carrier to regenerate the organic base in situ;
• and
• the carrier is a macroporous strong basic anion-exchange styrene resin that is D201 or its equivalent Amberlite IRA900 resin having a matrix structure of a copolymerized styrene—DVB gel resin, a functional group of —N+(CH3)3, an appearance of milky white opaque spherical particles, being shipped in a Cl-ionic form, having a strong group of capacity of equal to or more than 3.7 mmol/g when dry in the Cl-ionic form, a total exchange capacity in volume of equal to or more than 1.15 mmol/mL in the Cl-ionic form, a moisture holding capacity of 50-60% in the Cl-ionic form, a specific gravity of 1.06 g/mL to 1.10 g/mL in the Cl-ionic form, a shipping weight of 0.65 g/mL to 0.73 g/mL in the Cl-ionic form, a harmonic mean size of 0.40 mm to 0.70 mm, a particle size of 0.315 mm to 1.25 mm for equal to or more than 95% of the particles and less than 0.315 mm for less than 1% of the particles, a uniformity coefficient of equal to or less than 1.6, an osmotic-attrited of equal to or more than 90%, and a maximum reversible swelling of Cl—OH— at 25%.