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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 41, 2011 - Issue 6
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Synthesis of Propylene Glycol Methyl Ether Catalyzed by MCM-41

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Pages 891-897 | Received 09 Aug 2009, Published online: 25 Feb 2011
 

Abstract

In this work, we found that MCM-41 prepared using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as the template could be used as a heterogeneous catalyst for the reaction of methanol with propylene oxide to produce propylene glycol methyl ether. 1-Methoxy-2-propanol was the predominant product. The influence of ratio of the reactants, reaction temperature, and time on the yield and selectivity was studied. The as-prepared MCM-41 proved to be an efficient and reusable catalyst, and the separation of the catalyst form the product was very easy.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006CB202504, 2009CB930802) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20932002).

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