Toluene → Propylbenzene

HRID 2227905Notes

Reaction equation

C=C.[CH2:3]=[CH:4][CH3:5].[C:6]1([CH3:12])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[CH2:12]([C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[CH2:3][CH3:4].[CH2:12]([C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[CH:4]([CH3:5])[CH3:3]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 6325Ethylene

HCID 8252Propylene

Product 2

HCID 7668Propylbenzene

HCID 10870Isobutylbenzene

Procedure

Particular preference is given to the reaction of toluene with ethene or propene to give propylbenzene or isobutylbenzene, the reaction of cumene with ethene to give tert-amylbenzene and the reaction of xylenes with butadiene to give 5-tolylpentenes, and the reaction of p-xylene with 1-butene or 2-butene to give 1-tolyl-2-methylbutane.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-695376a4537b4eddb3a0847665ada242
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2002_07
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06414207B2

Reaction notes

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