Toluene → Propylbenzene

HRID 1637568Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1637568 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

Particularly preferred reactions are those of toluene with ethene or propene to give propylbenzene or isobutylbenzene, that of cumene with ethene to give tert-amylbenzene and those xylenes with butadiene to give 5-tolylpentenes.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-daf03857366f4fd4ae3cfc0e20bb35ec
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_03
Patent number
US06043189

Reaction notes

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