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Alkylation of p-cresol with tert-butyl alcohol using benign Bronsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst

Kondamudi, Kishore
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Elavarasan, Pandian
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Dyson, Paul J.  
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2010
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Novel and environmentally benign Bronsted acidic ionic liqs. with SO3-H functionality were prepd. using N-methylimidazole, pyridine, triethylamine and 1,4-butanesultone as the source chems. The prepd. ionic liq. catalysts were characterized by NMR and their catalytic activity in tert-butylation of p-cresol with tert-Bu alc. was investigated. The effects of reaction time, reaction temp., reactant mole ratio and the recyclability of the catalysts on the conversion of p-cresol and selectivity to 2-tert-butyl-p-cresol and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol called butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) were investigated. Lower alc. to p-cresol mole ratios, lower ionic liq. to p-cresol ratio and temps. as low as 70°C gave 80% conversion of p-cresol. The catalyst activity was found to be almost completely retained even after 5 recycles. The extended Arrhenius equation was used to calc. the rate consts. for this reaction.

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DOI
10.1016/j.molcata.2010.01.016
Web of Science ID

WOS:000276696600006

Author(s)
Kondamudi, Kishore
Elavarasan, Pandian
Dyson, Paul J.  
Upadhyayula, Sreedevi
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Volume

321

Issue

1-2

Start page

34

End page

41

Subjects

Ionic liquids

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p-Cresol

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Butylated hydroxytoluene

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tert-Butylation

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tert-Butyl alcohol

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Selective Alkylation

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Molecular-Sieves

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Exchange Resins

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T-Butylation

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Phenol

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Butanol

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Chloroaluminate

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Esterification

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Temperature

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Efficient

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December 15, 2010
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