Catalysis Letters, Vol.39, No.1-2, 63-65, 1996
Alkylation of Naphthalene with Alcohols over Mesoporous Mcm-41
Mesoporous MCM-41 is found to promote alkylation of naphthalene by alcohols. In addition to the preferred branched side chain products n-alkylated product is also observed in the case of propylation of naphthalene.