METHOD OF PRODUCING 1-ALKOXY-1-PHENYLETHANES Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC C07C43/164 C07C41/06 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of producing 1-alkoxy-1-phenylethanes of general formula C₆H₅CH(CH₃)OR (R=CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, n-C₅H₁₁, n-C₆H₁₃, n-C₇H₁₅, n-C₈H₁₇), which have high thermal stability and can be used as plasticising agents in chlorine-containing polymers and can also be used as a catalyst component in olefin polymerisation and copolymerisation processes. The method involves reacting styrene and alcohols of normal structure ROH, where R is as given above, in the presence of a zeolite-containing catalyst obtained by moulding zeolite Y in H-shape with amorphous aluminium silicate with a kaoline structure in ratio of 70:30 (mass), with molar ratio styrene:alcohol = 1:1-3 and catalyst amount of 5-10 wt %.

EFFECT: high output of desired products.

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