p-Toluenesulfonic acid → 1,2-Bis(2-methylpropyl)benzene

HRID 1097164Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1097164 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH3:11])[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4](S(O)(=O)=O)=[CH:3][CH:2]=1>CO.[Pd]>[CH2:11]([C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[CH2:2][CH:1]([CH3:11])[CH3:6])[CH:4]([CH3:5])[CH3:3]

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 6101p-Toluenesulfonic acid

Product 1

HCID 147472211,2-Bis(2-methylpropyl)benzene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalystHCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

The diol can be dissolved in a solvent such as methanol with a catalytic amount of p-toluene sulfonic acid and a catalyst such as palladium on carbon and hydrogenated to give the di-isobutyl benzene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3a04bf80fa9a4d6798f2f6b9ceac3abe
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_03
Patent number
US08142909B2

Reaction notes

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