Bifunctional carbonylation catalysts were prepared by introducing both of acidic and metallic sites into zeolites, such as β, M and Y, by which tertiary butyl acid was synthesized under mild reaction conditions. The effects of reaction temperature and the copper amount as well as the acid strength on the catalytic activity were investigated. The results show that when the content of cuprous for β, M and Y are 2 35%, 2 48% and 7 13% respectively, the carbonylation activity of the related sample is the greatest. In the reaction temperature range, lower temperature is favorable for yielding acid and higher temperature is favorable for yielding ester. The catalytic activity increases with the increase of the acid strength. The in situ FT IR study shows that Cu(Ⅰ) is the metallic active site.
