Strong organic acids as efficient catalysts for the chloromethylation of m-xylene: The synthesis of 1,3-bis(chloromethyl)-4,6-dimethylbenzene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1831-1839

  Kishida, Tohru ^a,b   Ieda, Noboru ^a,b   Yamauchi, Takayoshi ^b   Komura, Kenichi ^a   Sugi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nissei Kagaku Kogyosho   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYSIS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AQUEOUS PHASE; BIPHASIC CONDITIONS; CARBOCATION; CHLOROMETHYL; CHLOROMETHYLATION; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; M XYLENES; METHYL GROUPS; NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACKS; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; REACTION MIXTURES; STRONG ACIDS; STRONGEST ACIDS; TRIOXANE;

XYLENE;

EID: 61649123551     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8014022     Document Type: Article

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