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HRID 1680608Generated: October 29, 2026

Toluene → 1-Ethyl-4-Methylbenzene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTolueneHCID 1140—
ReactantEthyleneHCID 6325—
Solvent1-Ethyl-2-MethylbenzeneHCID 11903—
Product1-Ethyl-4-MethylbenzeneHCID 12160—

Reaction Steps

Ethylation of toluene was accomplished by passing a feed stream of ethylene and toluene over the catalyst (WHSV of toluene was 7 and that of ethylene was 0.5) at 400° C. The conversion of toluene was 20.3% and the yield of para-ethyltoluene in the total ethyltoluene produced was 86.4%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04274982
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_06
ORD IDord-835bfac067a5411d95410353d8bba3c9
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_06