01946nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245009200055210006900147260007300216300001200289490000700301520114400308653002701452653002001479653001201499653001601511100001401527700002101541700001501562700001701577856012201594       2013                        eng d  a0169-131700aMetal cation-exchanged montmorillonite clay as catalysts for hydroxyalkylation reaction0 aMetal cationexchanged montmorillonite clay as catalysts for hydr  aPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDSbELSEVIER SCIENCE BVcAPR  a141-1460 v743 a<p>Several solid acid catalysts were prepared by exchanging metal cations such as Zn2+, Fe3+ and Al3+ with montmorillonite clay. Among these, Al-montmorillonite showed the highest acidity determined by the pyridine-IR as well as NH3-TPD methods. A systematic comparison of the performance of these catalysts along with parent montmorillonite was carried out for the hydroxyalkylation of p-cresol with formaldehyde to give 2, 2'-methylenebis (4-methyl phenol) (DAM). It was found that the activity of these catalysts was in accordance with the increase in acidity of parent montmorillonite after the exchange of cations in the order of Zn2+, Fe3+ and Al3+. The selectivity pattern was also influenced by the exchanged cations. Since Al-montmorillonite showed the highest conversion of 51% with 98% selectivity to DAM, the effects of various reaction parameters, namely, mole ratio, catalyst concentration, temperature, reaction time on conversion and selectivity pattern were also studied using the same catalyst This catalyst also showed an excellent stability as evidenced by its eight times reuse. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.</p>10aCations-exchanged clay10aMontmorillonite10aNH3-TPD10aPyridine-IR1 aJha, Ajay1 aGarade, Ajit, C.1 aShirai, M.1 aRode, C., V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/metal-cation-exchanged-montmorillonite-clay-catalysts-hydroxyalkylation-reaction-0