@article { ISI:000348878600053,
	title = {Benzylation of acetic acid to benzyl acetate over highly active and reusable micro/meso-HZSM-5},
	journal = {Chemical Engineering Research \& Design},
	volume = {93},
	year = {2015},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {584-590},
	publisher = {INST CHEMICAL ENGINEERS},
	address = {165-189 RAILWAY TERRACE, DAVIS BLDG, RUGBY CV21 3HQ, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Catalytic benzylation of acetic acid (AA) with benzyl alcohol (BA) to benzyl acetate was studied over zeolites viz. H-ZSM-5 (microporous, medium pore), Micro/Meso-HZSM-5 (combination of micro- and meso pore), H-Beta (microporous, large pore) to investigate catalytic activity and selectivity towards benzyl acetate. Micro/Meso-HZSM-5 obtained by desilication post-treatment has been employed as a heterogeneous catalyst for benzylation reaction probably for the first time. Micro/Meso-HZSM-5 was found to be a promising catalyst for benzylation with AA conversion of 94\%, selectivity towards benzyl acetate of 95\%. The detailed optimization of process parameters such as molar ratio, catalyst loading, reaction temperature and time was also presented. Micro/Meso-HZSM-5 catalyst was observed to be stable for six cycles (1 fresh and 5 recycles). The first order reaction kinetics (R-2 \&gt;0.98) indicated that reaction rate constants increased with increasing reaction temperature. The activation energy for benzylation of AA with BA over Micro/Meso-HZSM-5 was obtained to be 15.07 kJ mol(-1), which is far less than the reported. (C) 2014 The Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Acetic acid, Benzyl acetate, Benzyl alcohol, Benzylation, Micro/Meso-HZSM-5, Reaction kinetics},
	issn = {0263-8762},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cherd.2014.06.015},
	author = {Nandiwale, Kakasaheb Y. and Galande, Nitish D. and Raut, Sunil A. and Bokade, Vijay V.}
}
