Synthesis of Methyl Isobutyl Ketone over a Multifunctional Heterogeneous Catalyst

Synthesis of Methyl Isobutyl Ketone over Pd/MgO/SiO2

“…4,5 In those studies, we examined the aldol condensation step to MO over alkali metal oxide/hydroxides. In a later study, 6 we added palladium or nickel to facilitate the hydrogenation of MO to MIBK. Other groups have studied Pd, Pt, Ni, and Cu supported on various basic and acidic oxides and zeotypes such as Na-MgO, 7 SAPO-11, 8 hydrotalcites, [9][10][11][12][13][14] ZSM-5, [15][16][17][18][19][20] MCM 49, 21 MgO, 22,23 and Al 2 O 3 .…”