Highly selective synthesis of t-butyl-p-cresol (TBC) by t-butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol over microporous and mesoporous catalysts

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Selvaraj, M ^a   Sinha, P K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CWMF   (India)

Author keywords

Acidity; Catalytic activity; Conversion of p cresol; Recyclability; Selectivity of TBC; Synthesis of solid acid catalysts

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONVERSION OF P-CRESOL; RECYCLABILITY; SELECTIVITY OF TBC; SOLID ACID CATALYSTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33847202632     PISSN: 13811169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2006.08.035     Document Type: Article

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