Direct synthesis of unsymmetrical ethers from alcohols catalyzed by titanium cation-exchanged montmorillonite

T Mitsudome, T Matsuno, S Sueoka, T Mizugaki…

Index: Mitsudome, Takato; Matsuno, Tsuyoshi; Sueoka, Shoichiro; Mizugaki, Tomoo; Jitsukawa, Koichiro; Kaneda, Kiyotomi Green Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 14, # 3 p. 610 - 613

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Abstract

Titanium-exchanged montmorillonite (Ti4+-mont) was found to act as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the etherification of a wide range of alcohols under mild reaction conditions. Ti4+-mont was reusable with retention of high efficiency and applicable to scale- up reaction conditions.