Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.2, 224-225, 2002
Highly selective formation of cyclopentanol through liquid-phase cyclopentene hydration over MCM-22 catalysts
MCM-22 catalyst exhibits an extremely high shape selectivity not observed on other zeolites of MFI, MOR and BEA structures, in that it effectively catalyzes the liquid-phase hydration of cyclopentene at a conversion up to 10% and a cyclopentanol selectivity as high as 99%.