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Title: | t-Butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol over mesoporous Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves | Authors: | Selvaraj, M. Kawi, S. |
Keywords: | Al-MCM-41 Brønsted acidity Catalytic activity Conversion of p-cresol Selectivity of TBC |
Issue Date: | 5-Jan-2007 | Citation: | Selvaraj, M., Kawi, S. (2007-01-05). t-Butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol over mesoporous Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 98 (1-3) : 143-149. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2006.08.020 | Abstract: | Selective liquid-phase t-butylation of p-cresol with t-butyl alcohol (t-BuOH) to produce 2-t-butyl-p-cresol (TBC) has been conducted over Al-MCM-41 catalysts with different Si/Al ratios. The effects of various reaction parameters such as temperature, reaction time and nt-BuOH:np-cresol ratio on the conversion of p-cresol and the selectivity of TBC have been systematically investigated as well. When the Si/Al ratio of Al-MCM-41 catalysts is increased from 21 to 104 (respectively yielding Al-MCM-41(21), Al-MCM-41(42), Al-MCM-41(62), Al-MCM-41(83) and Al-MCM-41(104)), both the conversion of p-cresol and the yield and selectivity of TBC decrease due to the decrease of the number of Brønsted acid sites of the Al-MCM-41 catalysts. Al-MCM-41(21) catalyst is found to give the highest conversion of p-cresol (88.2%) and the highest selectivity of TBC (90.40%) under the optimal nt-BuOH:np-cresol mole ratio of 2:1, the optimal reaction temperature of 90 °C and the optimal reaction time of 2 h. Furthermore, Al-MCM-41(21) can be recycled up to at least four times without losing its catalytic performance for butylation reaction. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/90304 | ISSN: | 13871811 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.micromeso.2006.08.020 |
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