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HRID 1611094Generated: October 31, 2026

Toluene → Propylbenzene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTolueneHCID 1140—
ReactantEthyleneHCID 6325—
ReactantPropyleneHCID 8252—
ProductPropylbenzeneHCID 7668—
ProductIsobutylbenzeneHCID 10870—

Reaction Steps

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.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06984766B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2006_01
ORD IDord-2874c57e66f146038028a82a6f7202c4
Source noteuspto-grants-2006_01