Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.89, No.2, 341-347, 2006
Catalytic dechlorination of aromatic chlorides with Pd/C catalyst in alkaline 2-propanol: Activity enhancement by the addition of methanol
p- and o-Chloroanisole were catalytically dechlorinated with Pd/C at 30 degrees C in a solution of NaOH in mixtures of 2-propanol and methanol. The dechlorination rate of p-chloroanisole in the mixture containing 1% methanol was 12 times as high as that in 2-propanol alone. The dechlorination rate of o-chloroanisole was also enhanced by the addition of a small amount of methanol.