Toluene → Ethylbenzene

HRID 1390878Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1390878 reaction equation
[B].O1[CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5]OO1.[C:8]1([CH3:14])[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1>>[CH2:5]=[CH:6][C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1.[CH2:14]([C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1)[CH3:5]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 1140TolueneHCID 5462311BoronHCID 19593658CID 19593658

Product 2

HCID 7500EthylbenzeneHCID 7501Styrene

Procedure

The results indicate the boron-containing catalyst was successfully used for reacting trioxane and toluene to form styrene and ethylbenzene. The trioxane utilized was s-trioxane, m.p. 58°-60° C., mol. wt. 90.08.

Workup

  1. additioncontaining catalyst

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7f2416d602f046efa55b44915927da11
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_02
Patent number
US04140726

Reaction notes

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