Bis(1-methylethyl)benzene → Cumene

HRID 1647973

Reaction equation

HRID 1647973 reaction equation
[CH:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]=1C(C)C)([CH3:3])[CH3:2].C(C1C(C(C)C)=C(C(C)C)C=CC=1)(C)C>>[C:4]1([CH:1]([CH3:3])[CH3:2])[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 11345Bis(1-methylethyl)benzeneHCID 13880201Triisopropylbenzene

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

The diisopropylbenzene and a portion of the heavies (triisopropylbenzene and heavier) could be recycled to yield additional cumene. The undesirable cumene contaminant n-propylbenzene could not be detected in the product at the ppm level.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a8eb7ad1c35d4ec2a479a0c2a1419ab7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1995_07
Patent number
US05434326

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