Self-condensation of acetophenone to dypnone: synergism of microwave and solid acid catalysts

摘要

Solid acid catalysts are widely used for the development of green technology to replace the traditional polluting catalysts in organic process industries employing alkylation, acylation, isomerization, nitration, condensation, cracking, and esterification, etc. The activity and selectivities of different solid acid catalysts such as zeolites, modified clays and heteropoly acids,sulphated zirconia, ion exchange resins and UDCaT series of catalysts have been successfully evaluated in our laboratory for developing green acylation, alkylation, condensation, cyclisation, esterification, etherification, isomerization, oligomerization, and nitration. The acronym UDCaT stands for the series of catalysts developed in our laboratory (named after University Institute of Chemical Technology).