Synthesis of Styrene and Indene By Liquid-Phase Catalytic Dehydration

Apesteguía, Carlos R.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Nicolás M. Bertero, Germán D. Bustos, Carlos R. Apesteguía and Alberto J. Marchi, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina.

The liquid-phase dehydrations of 1-phenylethanol and 1-indanol were compared over HBEA, HMOR and HZSM5 zeolites. Maximum styrene yields between 50 and 70% were obtained whereas indene yields higher than 90% were achieved. The results are explained on the basis of acidity, transition state shape selectivity and diffusional restrictions.

Extended Abstracts:

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P-W-B-103 Synthesis of Styrene and Indene By Liquid-Phase Catalytic Dehydration