Mechanism of cyclohexanol dehydration catalysed by zirconium phosphate

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Robert A. W. Johnstone, Jun-Yao Liu and David Whittaker


Abstract

Deuterium-labelling studies have shown that dehydration of cyclohexanol to cyclohexene over amorphous zirconium phosphate at 350 °C proceeds through a carbocation mechanism and not through a concerted process.


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