Thymol synthesis by acid catalysed isopropylation of m-cresol

Includes bibliographical references. === The initial motivation for this study was to identify a suitable window of operation for thymol synthesis from iso-propanol and m-cresol mediated by a commercially available H-MFI zeolite catalyst. A preliminary investigation uncovered seeming anomalies in t...

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Main Author: Van der Merwe, Jacobus
Other Authors: Fletcher, Jack
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9129