Process for the acylation of aromatic ethers
US6013840A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C45/46
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention concerns a process for the acylation of an aromatic ether. Preferably the invention relates to a process for the acylation of a substituted aromatic ether, in particular veratrol. The acylation process of the invention consists of reacting the ether with an acylation agent in the presence of a zeolitic catalyst, and is characterized in that the acylation reaction is carried out in the presence of an effective quantity of a catalyst comprising a faujasite type zeolite or a Y zeolite with the following physico-chemical characteristics: PA0 an atomic ratio denoted "global Si/Me.sup.1 " between the number of atoms of the element silicon and the number of atoms of every trivalent element Me.sup.1 contained in the zeolite in the range 2.4 to 90, preferably in the range 2.4 to 75, and more preferably in the range 2.4 to 60; PA0 an Me.sup.2 alkali metal content such that the atomic ratio Me.sup.2 /Me.sup.1(IV) between the number of atoms of alkali metal Me.sup.2 and the number of atoms of every trivalent element Me.sup.1(IV) included in the zeolitic network is less than 0.2, preferably less than 0.1, and more preferably less than 0.05.
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