Toluene → Propylbenzene

HRID 1594545Notes

Reaction equation

C=C.[CH2:3]=[CH:4][CH3:5].[C:6]1([CH3:12])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[CH2:12]([C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[CH2:3][CH3:4].[CH2:12]([C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[CH:4]([CH3:5])[CH3:3]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 6325Ethylene

HCID 8252Propylene

Product 2

HCID 7668Propylbenzene

HCID 10870Isobutylbenzene

Procedure

Particular preference is given to the reaction of toluene with ethene or propene to give propylbenzene or isobutylbenzene, the reaction of cumene with ethene to give tert-amylbenzene and the reaction of xylenes with butadiene to give 5-tolylpentenes, and the reaction of p-xylene with 1-butene or 2-butene to give 1-tolyl-2-methylbutane.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-f61975367f72440183c9574c9bacbd18
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06284704B1

Reaction notes

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