Journal of Catalysis

Isopropylation of xylenes catalyzed by Ultrastable Zeolite Y (USY) and some other solid acid catalysts

CR Patra, R Kumar

Index: Patra, Chitta Ranjan; Kumar, Rajiv Journal of Catalysis, 2002 , vol. 212, # 2 p. 216 - 224

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Abstract

The isopropylation of all three xylene isomers was carried out over ultrastable zeolite Y (USY) catalyst to give corresponding dimethyl (1-methylethyl) benzenes, or in other words dimethyl cumenes (DMCs), using isopropanol as alkylating agent. The effect of reaction temperature, space velocity, substrate-to-alkylating-agent molar ratio, and time-on-stream on conversion of xylene isomers and selectivity to dimethyl cumene was studied. ...