Catalysis Communications

Preparation, characterization and catalytic activity of MMT-clay exchanged sulphonic acid functionalized ionic liquid for transesterification of β-ketoesters

R Ratti, S Kaur, M Vaultier, V Singh

Index: Ratti, Rajni; Kaur, Sukhbir; Vaultier, Michel; Singh, Vasundhara Catalysis Communications, 2010 , vol. 11, # 6 p. 503 - 507

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Abstract

A novel solid acid catalyst 2 was prepared by ion exchange of sulphonic acid functionalized ionic liquid into clay interlayers as a new organic–inorganic hybrid catalytic system. The ionic tag of the imidazolium supported sulphonic acid 1 assists in the pillaring process and enhances the organophilicity of catalyst 2 in the interlayers of clay. The catalytic activity of catalyst 2 as a recyclable solid Bronsted acid has been tested for the chemoselective ...