Synthesis of ethyl tert-butyl ether from tert-butyl alcohol and ethanol on strong acid cation-exchange resins

Reactive and Functional Polymers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Yang, Bo Lun ^a   Yang, San Ba ^a   Yao, Rui Qing ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ETHANOL; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ETHERIFICATION;

ETHERS;

EID: 0033740075     PISSN: 13815148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1381-5148(99)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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