M. Sasidharan et R. Kumar, ZEOLITE-CATALYZED SELECTIVE DECOMPOSITION OF CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE INTO PHENOL AND ACETONE, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (2), 1997, pp. 52-53
Crystalline, microporous molecular sieves efficiently catalyse the sel
ective decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide into phenol and acetone,
both under batch (25 degrees C) and down-flow fixed-bed (60 degrees C)
conditions; large-pore high-silica zeolites, mainly zeolite Beta and
its metallo-silicate (B-, Fe- and Ga-silicate) analogues, are found to
be particularly useful catalysts in this reaction giving ca. 92 +/- 3
% phenol selectivity.