The hydrotalcite (n(Mg)/n(Al)=3) calcined at 500 ℃, containing a great number of fine pores (d<3 5 nm, 34% of the all pore volume) and increased BET surface area by about three times (from 75 to 205 m 2/g), has been successfully applied to the selective ethoxylation reaction of a mixture of alcohols. The experimental results showed that the calcined hydrotalcite is an efficient solid base catalyst for synthesis of BuO(EO) 3H with high selectivity of over 90%.
