Chemical conversions using sheet silicates: novel intermolecular dehydrations of alcohols to ethers and polymers

…, M Rayanakorn, JM Thomas, KJ Williams

Index: Ballantine, James A.; Purnell, Howard; Rayanakorn, Mongkon; Thomas, John M.; Williams, Kevin J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1981 , # 1 p. 9 - 10

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Abstract

Aliphatic primary alcohols, when intercalated in certain ion-exchanged montmorillonites, react preferentially via an intermolecular nucleophilic displacement of water to give high yields of di-(alk-1-yl) ethers, rather than the competitive intramolecular dehydration to alkenes; an essentially similar process yields polymeric material, poly (phenylenemethylene), from benzyl alcohol, but aliphatic secondary and tertiary alcohols, ...