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Cumene process

The cumene process (cumene-phenol process, Hock process) is an industrial process for synthesizing phenol and acetone from benzene and propylene. The term stems from cumene (isopropyl benzene), the intermediate material during the process. It was invented by Rūdolfs Ūdris and Pyotr Sergeyev in 1942 in the Soviet Union, and independently by Heinrich Hock…

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Friedel–Crafts alkylationCatalyticLewis acidPhosphoric acidAluminium
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CyclohexylbenzeneCyclohexanoneNylons2-butenesButanones
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Industrial processPhenolAcetoneBenzenePropylene
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related to Alternatives to phenol production · 17
Cumene process → Analogous, C6H4, C6H4O2, Chlorophenol, CHMe, CHMe2, Cresols, Diisopropylbenzene, H2O, Hydroquinone, Naphthol, O2, OCMe, OCMe2, Oxidation, Resorcinol, This
related to Alternatives to acetone co-production · 5
Cumene process → Cyclohexanone, Cyclohexylbenzene, Hock, Starting, Via
related to Byproducts · 1
Cumene process → Byproducts

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phenol acetone process cumene benzene also oxygen give hydroperoxide hock propylene produced radical production alkylation propene acid step starting air

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Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to acetone co-productionCyclohexylbenzene0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to acetone co-productionVia0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to acetone co-productionHock0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to acetone co-productionCyclohexanone0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to acetone co-productionStarting0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionHydroquinone0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionThis0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionAnalogous0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionOxidation0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionCHMe0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionOCMe0.60section
Cumene processrelated to Alternatives to phenol productionC6H40.60section

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