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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
Mark Brandon Shiflett, Lawrence, KS (US);
Rajkumar Kore, Lawrence, KS (US);
Aaron M. Scurto, Oskaloosa, KS (US);
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
Abstract
Processes for acylating an aromatic compound are provided. In embodiments, such a process comprises combining an aromatic compound, an acylating agent, and a catalyst composition under conditions to induce acylation of the aromatic compound with the acylating agent, the catalyst composition comprising components selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid of formula R—SOH, wherein R is a linear alkyl group substituted with one or more halogen atoms; an ionic liquid and an acid; an acid and a base capable of forming an ionic liquid with the acid; an ionic liquid, an acid, and an aromatic; and an acid, a base capable of forming an ionic liquid with the acid, and an aromatic. The ionic liquid does not comprise a metal halide and the catalyst composition is free of a metal halide and the aromatic, if present in the catalyst composition, is not the aromatic compound being acylated.