Isobutane/2-butene alkylation catalyzed by Brønsted–Lewis acidic ionic liquids

Shiwei Liu, Shuang Tan, Bing Bian, Hailong Yu, Qiong Wu, Zhiguo Liu, Fengli Yu, Lu Li, Shitao Yu, Xiuyan Song,

RSC Advances · 2018 · 23 citations · 24 references

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The alkylation reaction of isobutane with 2-butene to yield C<sub>8</sub>-alkylates was performed using Brønsted–Lewis acidic ionic liquids (ILs) comprising various metal chlorides (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>, FeCl<sub>2</sub>, FeCl<sub>3</sub>, CuCl<sub>2</sub>, CuCl, and AlCl<sub>3</sub>) on the anion.

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