Chemical conversions using sheet silicates: simple method for producing methyl t-butyl ether

…, JM Adams, SH Graham, JM Thomas

Index: Bylina, Andrej; Adams, John M.; Graham, Samuel H.; Thomas, John M. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1980 , # 21 p. 1003 - 1004

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Abstract

METHYL t-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE or 2-methoxy-2-methyl- propane) is currently extensively used as a gasoline blending agent1 and is prepared industrially using a range of solid catalysts such as heteropolytungstic or molybdic acids doped with phosphorous or b ~ ron , ~ * ~ * * various acidified ion- exchange resins,6s6 acid a1umina,6s7 and other, mixed-metal carbonyl-compounds,* often at high pressures. Prompted by our successs in converting ...