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Friedel–Crafts Hydroxyalkylation of Anisole Over Oxalic Acid Modified Hβ Zeolite

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Oxalic acid modified Hβ (OA-Hβ) zeolite is found to have better catalytic performance than Hβ zeolite in the Friedel–Crafts hydroxyalkylation of anisole with chloral. This is attributed to the increase of weak and moderately-strong acid sites, caused by oxalic acid modification. Furthermore, it is believed that the carbonaceous deposits on the acid sites and the blockage of the pores, together with poisoning by chlorinated materials, are responsible for the deactivation of OA-Hβ zeolite, as indicated by NH3-TPD, BET, SEM, TG and XPS measurement results. Moreover, partial regeneration of OA-Hβ zeolite can be achieved via subsequent calcination.

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Oxalic acid modified Hβ zeolite is found to have better catalytic performance than Hβ zeolite in the Friedel-Crafts hydroxyalkylation of anisole with chloral. The carbonaceous deposits on the acid sites and the blockage of the pores, together with poisoning by chlorinated materials, are responsible for the deactivation of OA-Hβ zeolite.

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The authors thank Professor L. M. Harwood for his assistance. Financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20806018), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2007000156), the Science Project of the Hebei Education Department (ZD200910) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Guoyi Bai, Haiyang Dou, Mande Qiu, Xinxin Fan, Libo Niu & Zheng Ma

  2. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Fei He

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Bai, G., Dou, H., Qiu, M. et al. Friedel–Crafts Hydroxyalkylation of Anisole Over Oxalic Acid Modified Hβ Zeolite. Catal Lett 138, 187–192 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-010-0387-z

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