摘要 |
In a process for the preparation of an alkyl tert.-alkyl ether by reaction of an isoolefin branched at the double bond and an alkanol in the presence of a cation exchanger, the improvement which comprises: (a) Employing as the cation exchanger a macroporous or gelatinous acid cation exchanger in the H+ form which has been charged with 0.1 to 5 grams, per one liter of dry cation exchanger, of an elementary form of a metal of sub-groups VI, VII or VIII of the periodic table of elements (Mendeleev) which cation exchanger is crosslinked with the degree of crosslinking of 2 to 65% and has a specific surface area of 5 to 750 square meters per gram on the basis of dry cation exchange resin; and (b) The reaction is carried out in the liquid phase at a temperature of 30 DEG to 140 DEG C. at a pressure of 2 to 100 bars employing a molar ratio of isoolefin to alkanol of 0.1 to 5. |