KINETIC EVALUATION OF THE DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF ETHERS FROM ALCOHOLS OVER SULFONATED RESIN CATALYSTS

Authors
LIETTI L SUN Q HERMAN RG KLIER K
Citation
L. Lietti et al., KINETIC EVALUATION OF THE DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF ETHERS FROM ALCOHOLS OVER SULFONATED RESIN CATALYSTS, Catalysis today, 27(1-2), 1996, pp. 151-158
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Chemistry Applied","Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Catalysis today → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205861
Volume
27
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
151 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5861(1996)27:1-2<151:KEOTDS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The acidic Amberlyst-35 sulfonated resin effectively catalyzes the cou pling of methanol + isobutanol and ethanol + isobutanol mixtures in th e gas-phase to give methyl isobutyl ether and ethyl isobutyl ether, re spectively. The reaction occurs via a S(N)2 reaction pathway involving two adsorbed alcohol molecules and is successfully described by a sim ple Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics.