USE OF STABILISED PILLARED INTERLAYERED CLAYS AS CATALYSTS IN REACTIONS CAPABLE OF CATALYSIS BY PROTONS

摘要

A method for carrying out processes capable of catalysis by protons using as catalyst a stabilized pillared interlayered clay. Such processes are (i) a process for the production of an ether by reacting either an olefin or an olefin oxide with an alcohol, or (ii) a process for the production of an ether by reacting either a primary or secondary aliphatic alcohol, a polyol or an olefin oxide, or (iii) a process for the production of an alkyl aromatic compound by reacting an aromatic compound with either an alcohol or an olefin, or (iv) a process for the production of an alcohol by reacting an olefin with water, or (v) a process for the production of an ester by reacting either an olefin or an olefin oxide with a carboxylic acid.