Benzene → Cumene

HRID 2417744Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH3:3].[CH:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1>>[CH:2]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([CH3:3])[CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 241Benzene

HCID 8252Propylene

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

As in Example 27, benzene was again alkylated with propylene over ZSM-12 to produce isopropylbenzene, this time maintaining the temperature at 200° C. and varying the pressure from 0 to 500 psig. The results are shown in Table XV.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-4c75b6b044cc4fe190b8ece9f3be933e
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1984_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04469908

Reaction notes

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