Styrene → HCID 21917835, compound

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Reaction Steps

In a reactor, 1 liter or cyclohexylbenzene and 200 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid were introduced and the resultant mixture was kept at 15° C. Then, 800 ml of a 1:1 mixture of cyclohexylbenzene and styrene was added dropwise to the resultant mixture over a period of two hours, while the temperature of the mixture was kept in the range of from 15° to 20° C. At the end of the dropwise addition of the mixture, 200 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid was added to continue the reaction further for 30 minutes. Then, the reaction mixture was washed repeatedly with water to remove residual sulfuric acid and then distilled to isolate 1-(cyclohexylphenyl)-1-phenylethane (a mixture of structural isomers). Then, 1 liter of 1-(cyclohexylphenyl)-1-phenylethane was introduced in the autoclave and, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, subjected to hydrogenation under the conditions of 100 kg/cm2G of initial hydrogen pressure and 140° to 170° C. temperature for two hours, to afford hydrogenated 1-(biphenylyl)-1-phenylethane (a mixture of structural isomers). The general attributes of this hydrogenation product were as shown in Table 4.

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