Water → Cumene

HRID 610842Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 610842 reaction equation
[CH:1]([C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]=1[CH:10]([CH3:12])[CH3:11])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].O>C1C=CC=CC=1>[C:4]1([CH:1]([CH3:3])[CH3:2])[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1.[CH:10]([C:5]1[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][C:4]=1[CH:1]([CH3:3])[CH3:2])([CH3:12])[CH3:11]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 962WaterHCID 11345Bis(1-methylethyl)benzene

Product 2

HCID 7406CumeneHCID 11345Bis(1-methylethyl)benzene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent2×

Procedure

contacting a relatively dry benzene recycle stream and a diisopropyl benzene stream with a transalkylation catalyst in a transalkylation reaction zone at transalkylation conditions including a water concentration of less than 50 wppm to provide a transalkylation zone effluent comprising benzene, cumene, and diisopropyl benzene;

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f6199e8d21ed45e1947fe9df1605deca
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_12
Patent number
US05998684

Reaction notes

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