Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1506265Notes

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 may also take place under liquid phase conditions including a temperature of from about 100° C. to less than about 200° C.; a pressure from about 100 psig (689 kPa) to about 500 psig (3450 kPa), preferably from about 100 psig (689 kPa) to about 450 psig (3102 kPa); a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) based on propylene alkylating agent of from about 0.1 hr−1 to about 250 hr−1, preferably from about 1 hr−1 to about 50 hr−1; and a ratio of benzene to propylene in the alkylation reactor of from about 0.5:1 to about 30:1 molar, preferably from about 1:1 to about 10:1 molar.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-bfc7889238cf49d298ba1830582dca0d
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US09217735B2

Reaction notes

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