Phenol alkylation using Bronsted acidic ionic liquids as catalyst.
Kinetics study on phenol alkylation using synthesized ionic liquids.
High phenol conversion (94.2%) obtained at 80 °C within 2 h of reaction time.
DFT studies to correlate acidity and catalytic activity trends of the ionic liquids.
Estimation of activation energy (34.8 kJ mol−1) from kinetic modeling.