Reactions of olefins with esters over <I>H-Beta </I>zeolite catalyst
The reactions of commercially available norbornene and 2-methyl-2-vinyl- gem -dichlorocyclopropane with mixture of organic acid and alcohol, with ester in aqueous and non-aqueous solution in the presence of zeolite catalyst H-Beta have been investigated. Evaluating the reactivity showed that addition of alcohols and acids to olefins is going on with the formation more ethers than esters. So n-butanol has approximately six times activity of the butyric acid in the reaction with norbornene. Reaction of norbornene with butyl butyrate is going on with the formation corresponding ester (bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl butyrate) in the non-aqueous solution.