Abstract
A sulfonated silica gel of small surface area with large pore diameters was prepared from the sodium silicate obtained from the reaction of construction sand and sodium carbonate, and sulfated with concentrated sulfuric acid. At 7%-w/w it promotes in 5min the Fischer–Speier esterification of benzoic acid/benzyl alcohol in 93% yields, and at higher concentrations, dibenzyl ether is produced selectively and quantitatively, in solvent free reactions induced by microwave irradiation.
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