Acetylation of benzene to acetophenone o
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A.P. Singh; A.K. Pandey
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Article
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1997
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The vapour phase acetylation of benzene has been investigated over various zeolite catalysts using acetic acid as acetylating agent in a tubular reactor and at atmospheric pressure. The rate of acetic acid conversion (TOF = m mol s-' mol-' Al X 10e3) is found to be about eleven times higher over H-Z