Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1167415Notes

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 is preferably carried out under conditions including a temperature of up to 250° C., e.g., up to 150° C., e.g., from 10° to 125° C.; a pressure of 250 atmospheres or less, e.g., from 1 to 30 atmospheres; and an aromatic hydrocarbon weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of from 5 hr−1 to 250 hr−1, preferably from 5 hr−1 to 50 hr−.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c0095e84b6d8474fa30909c6659008e2
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2003_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06617482B1

Reaction notes

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