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    The cumene process (cumene-phenol process, Hock process) is an industrial process for synthesizing phenol and acetone from benzene and propylene. The...
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    chemicals, primarily phenol and acetone (known as the cumene process). Commercial production of cumene is by Friedel–Crafts alkylation of benzene with propylene...
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    cumene: C 6H 5(CH 3) 2CH + O2 → C 6H 5(CH 3) 2COOH Dicumyl peroxide is a side product. Cumene hydroperoxide is an intermediate in the cumene process for...
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    but the cumene process is the dominant technology. Accounting for 95% of production (2003) is the cumene process, also called Hock process. It involves...
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    reagents in major commercial processes. In the cumene process, acetone and phenol are produced by decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide (Me = methyl):...
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    styrene as a monomer cumene – isopropylbenzene; a feedstock in the cumene process phenol – hydroxybenzene; often made by the cumene process acetone – dimethyl...
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    oil Burton process – cracking of hydrocarbons Cracking (chemistry) – the generic term for breaking up the larger molecules Cumene process – making phenol...
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  • spontaneous reactions with oxygen at elevated temperatures, such as in the Cumene process. The free radical chain reaction is sometimes referred to as the Bolland-Gee...
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  • worldwide. Propene and benzene are converted to acetone and phenol via the cumene process. Propene is also used to produce isopropyl alcohol (propan-2-ol), acrylonitrile...
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    oxidation of harmful chemical compounds in wastewater streams or of cumene in the cumene process. Also in the treatment of waste water trickle bed reactors are...
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  • methods, as acetone is itself normally prepared from propene via the cumene process. IPA cost is primarily driven by raw material (acetone or propylene)...
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  • by-product of the Cumene process. In this procedure, cumene is converted to its radical, through a reaction with oxygen. Normally these cumene radicals are...
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    Therefore, this newer process without producing the acetone by-product appears attractive and is similar to the cumene process as a hydroperoxide is formed...
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  • common example is cumene which is made from benzene and propylene and used to make acetone and phenol in the cumene process. The cumene itself is of relatively...
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  • chemical manufacturer. It produces phenol in Frankford through the cumene process, where it is converted to caprolactam in Hopewell, polymerized to nylon...
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    isobutylbenzene, which is analogous to the industrial production of acetone. The cumene process can be modified to produce phenol and a mixture of acetone and butanone...
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    resins and fragrances. Acetophenone is formed as a byproduct of the cumene process, the industrial route for the synthesis of phenol and acetone. In the...
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    cymene-cresol process, toluene is alkylated with propene to give p-cymene, which can be oxidatively dealkylated in a manner similar to the cumene process. p-Cresol...
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    2-naphthol. 2-Naphthol can also be produced by a method analogous to the cumene process. The Sudan dyes are popular dyes noted for being soluble in organic...
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    large scale for the production of phenol by the Cumene process or Hock process for its cumene and cumene hydroperoxide intermediates. Such reactions rely...
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    material for the synthesis of acetone before the development of the cumene process: Ca(CH3COO)2 → CaCO3(s) + (CH3)2CO A saturated solution of calcium acetate...
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    acetone is produced via the cumene process; as a result, acetone production is tied to phenol production. In the cumene process, benzene is alkylated with...
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  • and Poland. Rather than using the Raschig–Hooker process, some companies use the Hock or cumene process, which instead synthesizes acetone and phenol from...
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    industrially in two main ways. The most widely used route is similar to the cumene process in reaction mechanism and involves the dialkylation of benzene with...
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    cymene–cresol process, toluene is alkylated with propylene to give isomers of cymene, which can be oxidatively dealkylated analogous to the cumene process. Another...
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    dechlorination of polychlorophenols. Alternatively, it arises via the cumene process, which starts with the alkylation of chlorobenzene with propylene. Nomenclature...
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    alternatively be prepared from ammonia and phenol derived from the cumene process. In commerce, three brands of aniline are distinguished: aniline oil...
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  • from benzene and ethylene and for the production of cumene from benzene and propene in cumene process: Industrial production typically uses solid acids...
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  • room. It is called the Cumene-Phenol plant because of the intermediate materials is cumene or isopropylbenzene in the cumene process. It produces equimolar...
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    dehydrated to give styrene, a useful monomer. Cumene hydroperoxide derived from oxygenation of cumene (isopropylbenzene), which affords cumyl alcohol...
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