Cracking process for styrene
US4250344A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 1978 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C1/213
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for making styrene by the cracking of beta-phenethyl acetate wherein the beta-phenethyl acetate is derived from the esterification of beta-phenethyl alcohol. The latter is derived from the homologation of benzyl alcohol-benzyl acetate mixtures. The esterification of the beta-phenethyl alcohol may be partial because it has been found that up to 20% by weight of beta-phenethyl alcohol may be fed to the cracking step and also converted to styrene. Benzyl alcohol and benzyl acetate can also be fed to the cracking step because it has been found that they are essentially inert at cracking conditions.
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