<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biradar, Ankush V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shubhangi B. Umbarkar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dongare, Mohan K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transesterification of diethyl oxalate with phenol using MoO3/SiO2 catalyst</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Catalysis A-General</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diethyl oxalate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diphenyl oxalate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MoO3/SiO2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sol-gel technique</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transesterification</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAY</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">285</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">190-195</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Transesterification of diethyl oxalate (DEO) with phenol to form diphenyl oxalate (DPO) has been carried out in liquid phase using MoO3/ SiO2 solid acid catalyst with high conversion and 100% selectivity. A series Of MoO3/SiO2 catalysts with different Mo loadings (1-20 wt%) were prepared using sol-gel technique and characterized using X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), BET specific surface area, temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of ammonia, and FTIR spectroscopic analysis of adsorbed pyridine. XRD analysis revealed the amorphous nature of the catalyst up to 10 wt% MoO3 loading and the formation of crystalline α-MoO3 phase on amorphous silica support with higher MoO3 loading. BET surface area showed high surface area for catalysts prepared by sol-gel technique with lower MoO3 content; the surface area decreases with increasing MoO3 loading. Ammonia TPD shows much higher acid strength compared to the catalysts prepared by impregnation technique. Among the series of catalysts prepared, MoO3/SiO2 containing 1 wt% MoO3 was found to be the most active catalyst for transesterification reaction, with a maximum DEO conversion of 80.9 and 100% selectivity for DPO. The effects of reaction temperature and catalyst concentration on conversion and product selectivity have been investigated. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4.012</style></custom4></record></records></xml>