1. Catalytic synthesis of 2,6-dimethylphenol from KA-oil (a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone) and methanol was achieved by using magnesium oxide-supported chromium oxide catalysts in one step.
2. The activity of Cr/MgO catalysts depended on the concentration of chromium, and the yield of 2,6-dimethylphenol was also affected by the composition of the ratio of cyclohexanol to cyclohexanone in KA-oil.
3. Adsorption properties of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone on the surface of Cr/MgO suggest that cyclohexanone is easily reduced to cyclohexanol by hydrogen formed in the reaction, which then further reacts with methanol to form 2,6-dimethyphenol.
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