Production and purification of t-butylstyrene
US4982034A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C7/20
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process to purify t-butylstyrene from product containing substantial amounts of t-butylethylbenzene and small amounts of alkenyl-substituted styrene impurities by a combination of vacuum fractionation and vacuum evaporation in the presence a polymerization inhibitor, and treatment with a carbonaceous adsorbent. Such a product to be purified can be prepared by catalytically, oxidatively dehydrogenating over an alkaline pyrophosphate in the vapor phase t-butylethylbenzene containing about 95 wt. % or more of the p-isomer which can be made by alkylating ethylbenzene with isobutylene in a controlled manner in the presence of cooled concentrated sulfuric acid.
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