Formation of 2-phenylethanol from styrene in the presence of zeolites and UV irradiation

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Markus Steilemann, Wolfgang F. Hölderich and John N. Armor


Abstract

2-Phenylethanol is formed via an in situ multistep reaction by irradiation of styrene in the presence of silica–alumina compounds such as zeolites in aqueous and methanolic systems; the first step is presumably an oxidation.


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