Abstract
The Friedel-Crafts benzoylation of anisole with benzoic anhydride to yield 4-methoxybenzophenone has been performed in a range of ionic liquids, using homogeneous metal triflate catalysts. Of these, indium, scandium, and aluminum triflate were chosen to develop a kinetic model. A complex exchange of ligands between the metal salt, the benzoic anhydride, and the ionic liquids results in the formation of a free acid catalyst. This acid is shown to reversibly deactivated by complexation with the product; the equilibrium constant for this has been measured, and a rate equation has been developed and successfully tested.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6640-6647 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Ind.Eng.Chem.Res. |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Sept 2006 |
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