Acetone → Cumene

HRID 1952395Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1952395 reaction equation
[CH:1](O)([CH3:3])[CH3:2].CC(C)=O.[CH:9]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=1>>[C:9]1([CH:1]([CH3:3])[CH3:2])[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 180AcetoneHCID 241BenzeneHCID 3776Isopropanol

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

To reduce steps, Patent Literatures 2 to 4 disclose methods in which isopropanol from the hydrogenation of acetone is directly used as an alkylating agent without dehydration and is reacted with benzene to give cumene. Patent Literature 4 discloses that the process involves a trickle-bed reactor, but is silent on the flow rate of gas.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cec30b366594427abf3a7086b40a9a7f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_03
Patent number
US08404914B2

Reaction notes

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