Acetone → Cumene

HRID 43332Notes

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

Reactant 3

HCID 180Acetone

HCID 241Benzene

HCID 3776Isopropanol

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

Patent Documents 4 to 6 disclose methods in which isopropanol from the hydrogenation of acetone is directly reacted with benzene to give cumene. In particular, Patent Document 6 discloses a process in which by-product acetone is hydrogenated to isopropanol, the isopropanol is reacted with benzene, and the resultant cumene is reacted to give phenol. In this process, however, the hydrogenation adds a step to the cumene process.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-50bf14bf07144935a2f17ca5e7bd92da
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2013_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08536394B2

Reaction notes

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