Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1462243Notes

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

Benzene is alkylated with propylene to produce cumene by following the procedure of Example II with the following exception: the catalyst in the two alkylation reactors contain 4.3 weight percent barium. The alkylation and transalkylation reactions yield 97.18 percent of cumene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-0e9d7d2d409a4ce4b539d6367e322c67
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1984_07
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04459426

Reaction notes

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