Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1004545Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH3:3].[CH:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1>>[C:4]1([CH:2]([CH3:3])[CH3:1])[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 241Benzene

HCID 8252Propylene

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

When benzene is alkylated with propylene to produce cumene, the reaction may also take place under liquid phase conditions including a temperature of up to about 250° C., e.g., up to about 150° C., e.g., from about 10° C. to about 150° C.; a pressure of about 3000 psig or less, (about 20875 kPa abs.) e.g., from about 100 to 3000 kPa; and an aromatic hydrocarbon weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of from about 5 hr-1 to about 250 hr-1, e.g., from 5 hr-1 to about 50 hr-1.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-2acfd8a881554b769becc97c1d42323a
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2000_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06051521

Reaction notes

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