Ethylene → tert-Amylbenzene

HRID 1611095Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]1([CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:10]=[CH2:11]>>[C:7]([C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1)([CH2:10][CH3:11])([CH3:9])[CH3:8]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 6325Ethylene

HCID 7406Cumene

Product 1

HCID 16295tert-Amylbenzene

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-6872eac9465745f5844d733616172dcb
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2006_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06984766B2

Reaction notes

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