Aldol condensation of acetone with reactive distillation using water as a selectivity enhancer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 8371-8379

  Thotla, Suman ^a   Agarwal, Vishal ^a   Mahajani, Sanjay M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; WATER;

DIACETONE ALCOHOL (DAA); REACTIVE DISTILLATION (RD);

ACETONE;

ACETONE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; WATER;

EID: 37249019105     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061658+     Document Type: Conference Paper

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