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HRID 1462243Generated: October 31, 2026

Benzene → Cumene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantBenzeneHCID 241—
ReactantPropyleneHCID 8252—
ProductCumeneHCID 7406—

Reaction Steps

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.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04459426
Source datasetuspto-grants-1984_07
ORD IDord-0e9d7d2d409a4ce4b539d6367e322c67
Source noteuspto-grants-1984_07