Benzene → Sec-Butylbenzene

HRID 1075135Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1075135 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[Ce].[CH:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[C:6]1([CH:2]([CH2:3][CH3:4])[CH3:1])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 241BenzeneHCID 78441-ButeneHCID 23974Cerium

Product 1

HCID 8680Sec-Butylbenzene

Procedure

When benzene was reacted with 1-butene at 130° C. using a cerium-exchanged Linde 13X zeolite catalyst, 2-phenyl butane was obtained with 97.3% selectivity without SO2. Upon addition of SO2, the selectivity increased to greater than 99%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9138f236d713442d81428976db2ecb6c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1983_07
Patent number
US04395372

Reaction notes

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