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Cumene is oxidized in air, which removes the tertiary benzylic hydrogen from cumene and hence forms a cumene radical: The cumene radical then bonds with an oxygen molecule to give cumene peroxide radical, which in turn forms cumene hydroperoxide (C 6 H 5 C(CH 3) 2 O 2 H) by abstracting a benzylic hydrogen from another cumene molecule. This ...
In commercial applications, the alkylating agents are generally alkenes, some of the largest scale reactions practiced in industry.Such alkylations are of major industrial importance, e.g. for the production of ethylbenzene, the precursor to polystyrene, from benzene and ethylene and for the production of cumene from benzene and propene in cumene process:
Cumene (isopropylbenzene) is an organic compound that contains a benzene ring with an isopropyl substituent. It is a constituent of crude oil and refined fuels. It is a flammable colorless liquid that has a boiling point of 152 °C.
Cumene hydroperoxide is the organic compound with the formula C 6 H 5 C(CH 3) 2 OOH; this oily liquid is classified as an organic hydroperoxide. [2] Products of decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide are methylstyrene, acetophenone, and 2-phenylpropan-2-ol. [3] It is produced by treatment of cumene with oxygen, an autoxidation.
Normally these cumene radicals are converted to cumene hydroperoxide, however they can also undergo radical disproportionation to form AMS. Although this is only a minor side reaction , the cumene process is run at such a large scale that the recovery of AMS is commercially viable and satisfies much of the global demand.
benzene – the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon ethylbenzene – made from benzene and ethylene styrene – made by dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene; used as a monomer polystyrenes – polymers with styrene as a monomer; cumene – isopropylbenzene; a feedstock in the cumene process. phenol – hydroxybenzene; often made by the cumene process
A plastics fire in Indiana spewed various toxic chemicals into the air, including hydrogen cyanide and benzene, according to test results from the Environmental Protection Agency.
English: Reaction of benzene with propene to cumene in the presence of phosphoric acid supported on silica & promoted with boron trifluoride Deutsch: Umsetzung von Benzol mit Propen zu Cumol in Gegenwart von Phosphorsäure, die auf Siliciumdioxid geträgert ist und Bortrifluorid als Promotor enthält