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Sulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous MCM-41 silica as a convenient catalyst for Bisphenol-A synthesis
1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. chem1031@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
Sulfonic acid groups anchored to the surface of mesoporous MCM-41 silica have been identified with S K-edge XANES spectra and the material is an efficient catalyst for the liquid phase condensation of phenol with acetone to form Bisphenol-A with high selectivity.