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Synthesis of Zeolites Using the ADOR Assembly-Disassembly-Organization-Reassembly Route
Published on: April 3, 2016
Surfactant-templated zeolites for the production of active pharmaceutical intermediates
Noemi Linares1, Francisco G Cirujano2, Dirk E De Vos2
1Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Molecular, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Alicante, Ctra. San Vicente-Alicante s/n, E-03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain. j.garcia@ua.es.
Abstract:
A hierarchical USY zeolite has been produced using the surfactant-templating method and used as a catalyst for the production of two important active pharmaceutical ingredients. The presence of intracrystalline mesoporosity in the zeolite results in a significant increase in both the activity (up to 30 fold increase in TOF) and reusability for Friedel-Crafts alkylation and aldol condensation steps.

