Toluene → 1-Ethyl-4-Methylbenzene

HRID 2198377Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2198377 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH3:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH2:8]=[CH2:9]>C(C1C=CC=CC=1C)C>[CH2:8]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:1]([CH3:7])=[CH:2][CH:3]=1)[CH3:9]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 1140Toluene3×HCID 6325Ethylene2×

Product 1

HCID 121601-Ethyl-4-Methylbenzene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 119031-Ethyl-2-MethylbenzeneSolvent

Procedure

Toluene and ethylene were reacted over the Ba-modified ZSM-11 at 400° C. The feed WHSV for toluene was 7.0 and for ethylene was 0.5. Conversion of toluene was 5.3% and the yield of para-ethyltoluene in the ethyltoluene produced was 89.0%.

Workup

  1. customat 400° C

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cafcac6b4aa243d18db01b9898a29636
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_11
Patent number
US04357264

Reaction notes

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