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Zirconia-Modified Superacid UDCaT-5: An Efficient and Versatile Catalyst for Alkylation Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions

GD Yadav, GS Pathre

Index: Yadav, Ganapati D.; Pathre, Ganesh S. Synthetic Communications, 2008 , vol. 38, # 15 p. 2684 - 2691

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Abstract

Abstract UDCaT-5, a modified version of zirconia, efficiently catalyzes alkylation of phenols with alcohols under environmentally safe, heterogeneous reaction conditions with high selectivity and in excellent yields. The high content present in UDCaT-5 with preservation of tetragonal phase of zirconia was responsible for the superactivity. Several phenolic compounds carrying either electron-sulfer releasing or electron-withdrawing substituents ...