Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.88, No.2, 209-215, 2006
Catalytic dechlorination of aromatic chloride with supported palladium catalysts in alkaline 2-propanol: Influence of hydrocarbon solvents
Catalytic dechlorination of p-chloroanisole (p-chloromethoxybenzene) was carried out in a solution of NaOH in 2-propanol in the presence of Pd/Al2O3 or Pd/C at 40 degrees C. When aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene or benzene were added to the solution, the dechlorination rates were strongly suppressed. However, aliphatic hydrocarbons such as n-hexane or cyclohexane hardly affected the dechlorination rates.