Highly selective formation of cyclopentanol through liquid-phase cyclopentene hydration over MCM-22 catalysts

  • Duangamol Nuntasri*
  • , Peng Wu
  • , Takashi Tatsumi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

MCM-22 catalyst exhibits an extremely high shape selectivity not observed on other zeolites of MFI, MOR and BEA structures, in that it effectively catalyzes the liquid-phase hydration of cyclopentene at a conversion up to 10% and a cyclopentanol selectivity as high as 99%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)224-225
Number of pages2
JournalChemistry Letters
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2002
Externally publishedYes

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