Published June 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Reactions of phenols and alcohols over thoria

  • 1. Indian Inst. of Tech., Madras

Description

Alkylphenols when dehydrated over thoria at 5000C gave diaryl ethers as main products. In addition to diaryl ethers, minor products were also formed, which were identified as xanthene and substituted xanthenes. Xanthenes were also formed in the reactions of phenol with alcohols over thoria. A mechanism is proposed for the formation of xanthenes

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Catal.
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Catal.
Journal Page Range
433-437
ISSN
0021-9517