Experimental Study of the Simultaneous Synthesis of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether in Liquid Phase

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4756-4762

  Gómez, Cristina ^a   Cunill, Fidel ^a   Iborra, Montserrat ^a   Izquierdo, Felipe ^a   Tejero, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; INORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ETHERIFICATION; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; SULFONIC ACID;

ETHERS;

EID: 0031270274     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970317g     Document Type: Article

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