<?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%">Venkatesan, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chidambaram, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, A. P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilyl functionalized Na-Al-MCM-41 solid base catalyst for selective preparation of 2-phenylpropionitrile from phenylacetonitrile</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%">2-phenylpropionitrile</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">base catalysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dimethylcarbonate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">monomethylation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NH2-Na-Al-MCM-41</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">phenylacetonitrile</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%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><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%">292</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">344-353</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><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>