Benzene → Cumene

HRID 1753988Notes

Reaction equation

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

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 241Benzene

HCID 8252Propylene

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

When benzene is alkylated with propylene to produce cumene, the reaction may also take place under at least partially liquid phase conditions including a temperature of up to about 250° C., preferably up to about 150° C., e.g., from about 10° C. to about 125° C.; a pressure of about 25,000 kPa-a or less, e.g., from about 100 kPa-a to about 3,000 kPa-a; a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) based on propylene alkylating agent of from about 0.1 hr−1 to about 250 hr−1, preferably from about 1 hr−1 to about 50 hr−1; and a ratio of benzene to propylene in the alkylation reactor of from about 0.5:1 to about 30:1 molar, more preferably from about 1:1 to about 10:1 molar.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-d64b2bc1e7d943d6829c2a66c2de476d
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US09169173B2

Reaction notes

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