Selective para-bromination of toluene catalysed by Na-Y zeolite in the presence of an epoxide

Fernando De La Vega, Yoel Sasson*

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Abstract

Propylene oxide, serving as an HBr scavenger, dramatically improved the selectivity of zeolite-catalysed toluene bromination to yield almost pure p-bromotoluene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)653-654
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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