P-M-Wil-13 Shape-selective Isopropylation of Naphthalene for Production of 2, 6-NDC on Modified Large Pore Zeolite

Monday, June 3, 2013
Willis (Galt House Hotel)
Young Hye Lee, Marimuthu Banu and Jae Sung Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea.
2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxilate(2,6-NDC) is the monomer for PEN resin. We did the isopropylation with commercial zeolite(USY, Beta, MOR) with modification. After the screening test, we modified USY and MOR with several methods such as steaming, dealumination with acid, metal loading.

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