Issue 10, 2001
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Chemical Communications

Evidence for weak base site participation in the vapour phase methylation of catechol over solid base catalysts

Venkataraman Vishwanathan,*a   Steven Ndou,b   Lucky Sikhwivhilu,b   Neville Plint,b   K. Vijaya Raghavana  and  Neil J. Coville*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India

b Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: ncoville@aurum.chem.wits.ac.za

Abstract

The vapour phase alkylation of catechol over supported caesium catalysts gives good selectivity to guaiacol formation, and TPD studies indicate that this result can be correlated with the presence of weak basic sites on the catalyst.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B101497H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Feb 2001
Accepted
02 Apr 2001
First published
24 Apr 2001

Chem. Commun., 2001, 893-894

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Evidence for weak base site participation in the vapour phase methylation of catechol over solid base catalysts

V. Vishwanathan, S. Ndou, L. Sikhwivhilu, N. Plint, K. V. Raghavan and N. J. Coville, Chem. Commun., 2001, 893 DOI: 10.1039/B101497H

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