@article { ISI:000234202200037,
	title = {3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilyl functionalized Na-Al-MCM-41 solid base catalyst for selective preparation of 2-phenylpropionitrile from phenylacetonitrile},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {292},
	year = {2005},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {344-353},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Various solid base catalysts have been prepared by ion exchange of zeolites and Na-Al-MCM-41 and by organosilane grafting over mesoporous materials. Base catalysts thus synthesized were studied in the selective monomethylation of phenylacetonitrile (PAN) to 2-phenylpropionitrile (2-PPN) using dimethylcarbonate (DMC) as an alkylating agent in a Parr autoclave at a temperature ranging between 443 and 473 K and at autogenously developed pressure. NH2-Na-Al-MCM-41 (30) showed a high activity, and the optimum loading of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilyl (3-APTES) was found to be 1.35 mmol g(-1), being consistent with the structural characterization. Co-condensation of 3-APTES, tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and sodiumaluminate in the presence of surfactant provides a material with uniformly distributed basic sites responsible for high activity in the selective monomethylation of phenylacetonitrile. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {2-phenylpropionitrile, base catalysis, dimethylcarbonate, monomethylation, NH2-Na-Al-MCM-41, phenylacetonitrile},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2005.06.013},
	author = {Venkatesan, C. and Chidambaram, M. and Singh, A. P.}
}
