The alkylation of phenol with methanol was performed in a microcatalytic reactor using the H‐ and Na‐forms of a ZSM5 zeolite. Conditions were found in which the selectivity of the O‐alkylation yielding anisole was as high as 80%. Some results are also reported for the alkylation of 2,4‐dimethylphenol.
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