Zeolite-Promoted Benzylation of Alcohols
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
- Vol. 59 (6) , 1761-1765
- https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.59.1761
Abstract
Zeolite-promoted benzylation of alcohols with benzyl chloride has been investigated. By use of a series of cation-exchanged zeolites, which have the same crystalline structure but different acid and base properties, it is confirmed that the cooperative function of acid sites and base sites of zeolite is required for the effective benzylation of alcohols although both acid and base strengths are low. It is also found that alcohols show different reactivities in zeolite from those in solution depending on their molecular structures because the benzylation is promoted inside the narrow cavities of zeolite.Keywords
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