Benzene → Cumene

HRID 864692Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 864692 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH3:3].[CH:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1>>[C:4]1([CH:2]([CH3:3])[CH3:1])[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 241BenzeneHCID 8252Propylene

Product 1

HCID 7406Cumene

Procedure

When benzene is alkylated with propylene to produce cumene, the reaction may also take place under liquid phase conditions including a temperature of from about 10° C. to about 125° C., a pressure of from about 1 to about 30 atmospheres, and an aromatic hydrocarbon weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of from 5 hr-1 to about 50 hr-1.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6f9243ab94634e3e8f5b0a154d3c0fb6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_10
Patent number
US05563311

Reaction notes

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