Cumene → Benzene, 1-(1-methylethyl)-2-(1-phenylethyl)-

HRID 1789119Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1789119 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:10]=[CH:11][C:12]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1>S(=O)(=O)(O)O>[C:12]1([CH:11]([C:2]2[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][C:1]=2[CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8])[CH3:10])[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 7406CumeneHCID 7501Styrene

Product 1

HCID 13765184Benzene, 1-(1-methylethyl)-2-(1-phenylethyl)-

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidCatalyst

Procedure

Aralkylation of cumene with styrene was carried out in the presence of sulfuric acid catalyst. From the reaction product, a fraction mainly containing 1-phenyl-1-(isopropylphenyl)ethane was obtained by distillation.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2b42240b607b49ddbd42f80892057fb4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1987_08
Patent number
US04686548

Reaction notes

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