Toluene → Propylbenzene

HRID 1611094Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1611094 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

5

Reactant 3

HCID 1140TolueneHCID 6325EthyleneHCID 8252Propylene

Product 2

HCID 7668PropylbenzeneHCID 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.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2874c57e66f146038028a82a6f7202c4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_01
Patent number
US06984766B2

Reaction notes

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