Sulfuric Acid → 2-Phenyl-2-propanol

HRID 610786Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 610786 reaction equation
[O-]O.[C:3]1([CH:9]([CH3:11])[CH3:10])[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)[OH:13].CC(C1C=CC=CC=1)=C>>[CH3:10][C:9]([CH3:11])([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)[OH:13]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 7407Alpha-MethylstyreneHCID 53627471Cumen hydroperoxide

Product 1

HCID 120532-Phenyl-2-propanol

Procedure

cleaving cumene hydroperoxide in a first stage back mixing reactor in the presence of sulfuric acid and controlling the yield of α-methylstyrene as produced from dimethylphenylcarbinol to no more than 35%, by weight of the reaction mixture output from the first stage,

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-649ead8738ec499285afef88e4b69a80
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_12
Patent number
US05998677

Reaction notes

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