Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1417757Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1417757 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH:10]1[CH:15]=CC=C[CH:11]=1>>[C:1]1([CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH:7]([C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[CH:10]([CH3:15])[CH3:11])([CH3:9])[CH3:8]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 241BenzeneHCID 7406Cumene

Product 2

HCID 7406CumeneHCID 11345Bis(1-methylethyl)benzene

Procedure

feeding the bottoms product from step (b) to a cumene column to obtain a cumene product stream essentially free of diisopropylbenzene and heavier benzene alkylates, and a bottoms stream comprising diisopropylbenzene and heavier benzene alkylates;

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cd6af35ebff0490cbe674c68851e3306
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_03
Patent number
US05877384

Reaction notes

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