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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 159, Issue 1, Pages 85-87Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1381-1169(00)00174-6
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polytrifluoromethanesulfosiloxane; Friedel-Crafts; benzylation; alkylbenzene; benzyl alcohol
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A new inorganic polymer, silica-supported polytrifluoromethanesulfosifoxane solid superacid (SiO2-Si-SCF3), has been prepared. The acid strength of superacid (Ho < -13.76) is higher than that of 100% H2SO4 (Ho = -11.9). It was found that SiO2-Si-SCF3 could catalyze Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene and substituted benzenes with benzyl alcohol under relatively mild experimental conditions. Reactions are very clean, water is the only by-product of the reaction. The yields amounted to 97-100%, respectively. The selectivity was influenced by catalyst concentration, reaction time and toluene/benzyl alcohol molar ratios. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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