Abstract
Dealkylation of esters to carboxylic acids was performed using chloroaluminate ionic liquids (PyHBr/AlCl3, PyHCl/AlCl3, Me3NHCl/AlCl3, Et3NHCl/AlCl3) as catalyst and medium. The catalytic activity of PyHBr/AlCl3 (X(AlCl3) = 0.67) proved to be superior to the other three ionic liquids for the dealkylation of methyl benzoate with a conversion of 97% after 3 h at 140 °C. After easy separation from the products the ionic liquid PyHBr/AlCl3 could be reused six times without loss of its activity.
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