Inventors:
Victoria Eskinazi - Cleveland Heights OH
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. - Allentown PA
International Classification:
C07C 4109
Abstract:
La. sub. 2 (HPO. sub. 4). sub. 3, Sr(HSO. sub. 4). sub. 2 and Ba(HSO. sub. 4). sub. 2 are used, in either the gas or liquid phase, to catalyze the alkylation of phenols by alcohol to selectively form alkyl aryl ethers.