%0 Journal Article %T Immobilizationof12-TungstophosphoricAcidonAlSBA-15andItsCatalyticActivityforAcetylation %A Immobilization of -S. REVATHI %A M. Esther Leena PREETHI %A D. MANIKANDAN %A D. DIVAKAR %A A. Valentine RUPA %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 1202-1210 %D 2008 %X £¿12-Tungstophosphoricheteropolyacid(TPA)withaKegginstructurewasintroducedintoAl-incorporatedmesoporousmolecularsieves(AlSBA-15)bytheincipientwetnessmethod.ThematerialswerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction,nitrogenadsorption,scanningelectronmicroscopy,UV-VisdiffusereflectanceandRamanspectroscopy,whichconfirmedtheKegginandmesoporestructure.Itscatalyticactivitywasevaluatedundersolvent-freeconditionsintheliquidphaseat333¨C383Kforthepropionylationofanisolewithpropionicanhydride.ThecatalystsusedwereAlSBA-15,10%,20%,and40%TPA/AlSBA-15,and20%TPA/MCM-48.Inthepropionylationofanisolewithpropionicanhydride,thesubstitutionoccurredpredominantlyattheparaposition.The20%TPA/AlSBA-15catalystgaveatotalproductyieldof48%with98%selectivitytowards4-methoxypropiophenone.Theregenerabilityofthecatalystwasalsostudiedandwasfoundtobeexcellent. %K heteropolyacid %K mesopore %K AlSBAª²15 %K anisole %K propionicanhydride %K propionylation %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract17347.shtml