Continuous chemoselective methylation of m-cresol and phenol with supercritical methanol over solid acid and base metal oxide catalysts

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 347, Issue 11-13, 2005, Pages 1553-1557

  Oku, Tomoharu ^a,c   Arita, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Ikariya, Takao ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN CHEMICAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

m cresol; Phenol; Selective methylation; Solid catalyst; Supercritical methanol

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544452959     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505191     Document Type: Article

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