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7854448 
Journal Article 
USE BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS FOR MTBE, TAME AND MIBK 
Lange, PM; Martinola, F; Oeckl, S 
1985 
No 
Hydrocarbon Processing
ISSN: 0887-0284
EISSN: 0018-8190 
GULF PUBL CO 
HOUSTON 
64 
12 
51-52 
English 
WOS:A1985AWG2000005 
It has recently been discovered that one ion exchange resin can combine two catalytic functions. This has the advantage that only one catalyst resin is needed in a reactor to perform two different steps in the synthesis. This increases the space-time yield appreciably. Two applications of such bifunctional catalysts are described in this article: olefin etherification to produce methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) or t-amyl methyl ether (TAME); and emthyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) synthesis from acetone.