Chemistry Letters

Efficient synthesis of amylbenzenes over zeolite catalysts

H Zhang, Y Liu, H Wu, Y Jiang, M He, P Wu

Index: Zhang, Huanyan; Liu, Yueming; Wu, Haihong; Jiang, Yongwen; He, Mingyuan; Wu, Peng Chemistry Letters, 2007 , vol. 36, # 1 p. 138 - 139

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Abstract

The liquid-phase heterogeneous alkylation of benzene with 2-methyl-2-butene takes place actively and selectively over large-pore zeolite catalysts, which implies an environmentally friendly route for the synthesis of tert-amylbenzene. ... Table 1. The results of benzene isopentylation on zeolitesa ... No. Cat Si/Al Conv. Product distribution/% Cokec /% C10 ¼ t-AB s-AB BB+HB Heavy /% ... 2 MCM-22 15 91 2.3 64.6 8.3 18.5 6.1 6.8 ... 3 USY 3.4 100 0 72.8 6.2 18.5 2.5 8.0