Butylbenzene → Naphthalene

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Cyclodehydrogenation was carried out in the same way as Example 1 except that n-amylbenzene (a reagent produced by Tokyo Kasei K.K., purity: 98.9%) was used in place of n-butylbenzene, and that it was gasified in a nitrogen stream and introduced into the catalyst layer maintained at 550° C., at LHSV of 0.085. The conversion ratio of n-amylbenzene was 95.5%. Also, 1-methylnaphthalene was obtained at a selectivity of 72.1%, while naphthalene was obtained at a selectivity of 11.4%.

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